Sentences with phrase «of establishing consensus»

In terms of establishing consensus however, the difference between a consensus of 91 % and 97 % is negligible in terms of items to action on.

In many mainline Protestant denominations, if the next generation does not find a way of establishing consensus, it may be necessary to draw dividing lines.

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Because it's decentralized, a critical component to crypto development is something called a consensus mechanism, an automated way of maintaining order and establishing and enforcing rules within a blockchain.

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code.

It'll be a process with many steps, Bulgrin added, one that involves education of the new standard, establishing a research program to understand what qualities work for measurement, and then consensus and implementation amongst invested vendors.

Bitcoin first established the foundations for PoW as a type of consensus mechanism for the confirmation and production of cryptocurrencies.

The three main areas where my direct advice went unheeded were the following: (1) the need for large - scale financial assistance [29] for Russia, which I deemed (and still deem) to have been essential to molding a political consensus around reforms, and to bolstering the financial situation enough to achieve a modicum of success in the fight against hyperinflation; (2) the need for strong monetary and fiscal policy to achieve a rapid end to inflation [30]; and (3) the urgency of establishing a social safety net [31], especially in health care and pensions, to ensure an adequate social and political base for societal transformation and democratization.

Established in 1988, the Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year award recognizes portfolio managers who demonstrate excellent investment skill and the courage to differ from the consensus, to benefit investors.

To bring clarity and order with a rules - based system that is anchored on community consensus, the GBX intends to establish an international forum with representatives from cross-sections of the community to form the GBX Alliance.

Professor Woo, President of the newly established Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, talks about the watershed moment in the country's recent economic history and argues for a bi-partisan consensus around «an inclusive national development» plan as the only way forward.

The law of establishing truth through popular consensus.

1) Copenhagen demonstrated that global governance has overreached itself; 2) The crisis provokes a shift away from idealistic globalism, back to pragmatic concerns; 3) «Global consensus» established by «experts» is not and has never been genuine; 4) The institutions of global governance prove unable to resolve their identity crisis and to reform themselves; they are fragmented; 5) Global governance pays the bill for not taking into account non-western cultures and civilisations; 6) Displaying an incapacity to provide real leadership, produce a vision for the world, new ideas / ideologies, global governance opts for a survival approach.

Consensus, accords and other soft agreements (such as the 1994 Cairo consensus or the recent Copenhagen Accord), while not being «legally binding», do substantially determine the direction of global governance, establish a «global normative framework», are often «enforced» - effectively implemented, as if political and cultural agreements had become more «binding» than hard law.

As both the documents here collected and Pelikan's introduction to them remind us, creeds and confessions can function either to establish a consensus or to make clear lines of disagreement.

However, there seems to be a general consensus among Christians that the civil government has a general duty and obligation to establish order within society for the purpose of protecting its citizenry from physical harm intentionally inflicted by others.

The only path available today is, either the domination of the majority religion or secular ideology as the established framework of the State suppressing the rights of others using State coercion or open democratic secularism in which a consensus is sought regarding the values and directions of the common life of society and the State policy related to that common life, through peaceful but active dialogue among religions and ideologies.

Thus papal absolutism contradicts much in the historical Catholic tradition that defends these more pluralistic sources of truth that engage in dialogue and make official definitions only when a broad consensus has been established on a particular issue.

He will arrive as a consensus choice as one of the Premier League's top five centre halves and will now have the chance with Liverpool to establish himself as the league's best at his position for years to come.

Postnatal external constraint is by far the most common cause, although the incidence is not fully established because of the lack of consensus on the criteria to be used in making the diagnosis.

It is not «As - Mad - as - Snakes - in - a-Sack», it may involve talking with many strands from the civil society but a consensus on protective measures can soon be established as the basis for UN-sanctioned action or even EU / Nato if game - playing strangles the will of the former to be of use.

Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.

In this reading, justice thus becomes the result («contract») of a consensus between individual rational actors engaging in a «one shot» game (in the market of ideas) which serves to establish an equilibrium.

We are trying to establish a consensus on a legal framework that adapts to evolving responses — such as targeted killing - to restrict the ever - expanding hand of the state.

It does not accord with the scientific consensus or the very large body of established scientific evidence; nor does it accurately and consistently employ the scientific method, and as such it should not be presented to pupils at the Academy as a scientific theory.

But the real challenge — and unprecedented opportunity — will be to develop a new consensus established around agreed goals of what constitutes a good society.»

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

This week Mr Blair is visiting a number of the new member states to try to establish a «consensus» on the EU budget.

But then we had to find a consensus on the «big questions» which weren't part of our core issues but were the main differences between the established parties.

There is little sign of the forward planning needed to avoid those mistakes being repeated — still less of an approach to build consensus which could establish a sound foundation of long - term planning for our nation's security.

Excerpt: «I hope to reach out across the party aisle to establish bi-partisan working relationships, starting with new lawmakers, to restore some consensus building and the policy - making functions of the Legislature.»

[76] She supported establishing a consensus on whether or not to have full tax devolution, but had «reservations» about the prospect of devolving further taxes to Holyrood.

By the summer of 1999, the recommendations for change had been distributed to all principal investigators, administrative officers, and postdoctoral fellows and a consensus was established on details of implementation of the recommendations.

At a hearing before the House of Representatives Science Committee last week, John Doolittle, a Republican from California, said that research implicating CFCs in the destruction of ozone is «very much open to debate», and there is «no established consensus» on the role of CFCs.

However... the scientific consensus is that it can not be established that the recession of snows on Mt Kilimanjaro is mainly attributable to human - induced climate change.

Highly motivated people openly cast doubt on well - established evidence — the theory of evolution, the human effects on climate change, the value of vaccines and other findings that have achieved an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community.

Led by Jessica S. Merlin, M.D., visiting associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the study pinpointed the common concerning behaviors, identified management strategies and established areas of consensus on the importance of each strategy.

A new study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, establishes expert consensus about treatment approaches that should be implemented when these behaviors arise.

* By denying the impacts of AGW on polar bears, bloggers aim to cast doubt on other established ecological consequences of AGW, aggravating the consensus gap.

We separately aligned the protein sequences of known Boule homologs among two distant metazoan groups, mammals and insects, and established a consensus sequence for the RNA recognition motif (RRM) in each group (Figure S1).

As to the participation of New Member countries in the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), a general consensus has been established in Item 4 of Article 4 of the Statutes of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), as follows: «On the basis of the principle that the opportunity to become a Management Supporting Party (MSP) be open to all interested countries, the Board of Trustees (BOT) decides on the acceptance of new Management Supporting Parties after considering such factors as: 1) the country's scientific capacity in basic research in the research areas of the Program; and 2) the degree of support for the Program.»

Through the CIC program, the Cancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunotherapies.

Once there was a uniform consensus for Silent Hill's general appearance the next vital step was to establish a sense of great desolation and isolation within the town.

SAG voters have established clear favorites over the years (Alec Baldwin has never lost for «30 Rock»), and, because of the size of the voting body, the prizes typically go to consensus candidates.

After the phases of common consensus, the followers establish the coherence of the Buddhist doctrine.

So why would an education administration that claims to care only about the interests of kids decide to use a reading program, Month - by - Month Phonics, that does not meet the standard for effectiveness established by a broad consensus of scientists?

The Ben Achour Commission — an umbrella organization comprised of 150 members responsible for the National Constituent Assembly election (NCA)-- established a number of agreements between major political parties, including: a «process first» view that addressed only those matters necessary to return order and stability to Tunisia; a constituent assembly vote that took place prior to a vote for the president so that incentives were present to build consensuses and party platforms that were prioritized over electing a leader who might otherwise wield too much power; ensuring that women are given ample representation in writing the constitution; and the creation of an electoral commission to ensure that all parties were confident in the legitimacy of the elections.

The Metro Nashville Board of Education should take action to recommit itself to policy governance and professional development in order to establish steps toward developing consensus moving forward.

The research also points for the need to come to established consensus about whether instability of measures of teaching performance is a problem or not, and what level of stability is needed to make either high - or low - stakes decisions about teachers.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) prohibits agencies from receiving consensus advice from de facto committees or groups that arise outside of the structure and public scrutiny of a formally established advisory committee.

Her experience is varied and includes developing and implementing training programs for dog owners and veterinary professionals; working as a research assistant on several canine behavioral genetics projects at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; serving as editor for a scientific working group tasked with establishing consensus - based best practices for the use of canine / handler detection teams and setting standards for their certification; serving as the first editorial assistant for the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research; co-authoring more than 10 peer - reviewed publications and owning and operating a home - based editing business.