Sentences with phrase «problems on a large scale»

Glasgow East suffers from these problems on a larger scale compared to other inner city constituencies.

While we understand the desire to solve the nation's education problems on a large scale, there are many schools out there that are helping a hundred or two hundred kids at a time.

These could have served as examples and indeed you can block up the low points of natural tide pools to enlarge them, giving you the idea for how to approach the problem on the larger scale of a little inlet.

Such a person is in charge of handling clients and client problems on a large scale, and he is the face of the company.

Not exact matches

As many of Silicon Valley's largest companies were wreaking havoc, others worked on important causes and large - scale problems, NYT reports.

MissionPoint Partners is a leading impact investing advisor and asset manager focused on solving large - scale environmental and social problems through the deployment of high impact capital.

The churches which have been active in family counseling have produced family education programs on a large scale; often these are based on clinical experience obtained in the counseling centers, thus relating to real problems in the lives of people.

I fear that in China today many of the problems that beset the West, and especially the United States, are being repeated on a large scale.

«The problem certainly exists but it is not on a large scale.

Although large - scale studies on green pea intake and these chronic health problems remain unavailable, researchers have already begun to suggest connections in this area, particularly with respect to type 2 diabetes.

Ox has the same problem though, but on a larger scale.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

He said as many as 150 new units are currently being discussed, but that he understands why the New York City advocates, where the homeless problem is on a much larger scale, might be more concerned with the lack of a full five - year agreement.

These major players have been plunking down money for large - scale efforts (often framed as challenges) that engineer solutions to specific problems: Diagnose HIV at the point of care; prevent fatal, maternal bleeding after birth; help amputees get around tough terrain, and so on.

But clean - coal technologies have yet to be demonstrated on a large scale commercially, and by the admission of even the president's own climate - technology task force, clean coal doesn't have any prospect of making a big dent in the climate problem in the next 15 to 20 years.

The whole response operation would have been on a much larger scale... the national contingency plan does not contain any provision for this, nor does it address the other problems that would arise during a massive, long - term response operation.»

«If someone comes out and says, «Actually it doesn't work and it's going to cause you a problem,» that can decrease the chance that the government would be more open to trying [guppy release] on a large scale,» he says.

The meeting was the first large - scale attempt to bridge the gap between scientists and policymakers on a wide range of atmospheric problems, including not just the greenhouse effect but also acid rain and the depletion of the protective layer of ozone in the stratosphere.

Ultimately, the belief that prices alone will solve the climate problem is rooted in the fiction that investors in large - scale and long - lived energy infrastructures sit on a fence waiting for higher carbon prices to tip their decisions.

The new defences at Mappleton are, says Pethick, «a classic example of a confrontational, small - scale approach to coastal planning on a coastline characterised by its large - scale problems».

Self contained on site waste water treatement via wet or dry composting toilets... again the list of ready to go improvements,... the problem is that money is funnelled into large scale govt or utility owned infrastructure.

Taken up on a large scale, these competitions could be a cost - effective way of solving global problems — and accelerating the process of commercialising the science on which a large part of our global economy relies.

Cymerus is a patented stem cell manufacturing process that avoids the problems often associated with deriving MSCs and primary tissue sources, and has the potential to generate large - scale, low - cost MSCs based on a single blood donation from one adult donor.

Because they can deploy new technology on relatively short time scales or move rapidly to follow up on recent discoveries, newly conceived missions of moderate cost can at times scientifically outperform the large missions on particular problems.

However, what we have not seen is a large - scale study on healthy persons whose risk of blood sugar problems was determined to lower as a result of cranberry intake.

But, an investigation revealed «no indications of loot boxes being opened on a large scale by problem players and / or addicted players.»

Digital technologies have transformed our lives because: • We can store, process and transmit data in digital form faster, and on a larger scale, than any other technology in human history (speaking, writing, or printing) • We can describe a wide range of problems for the data we can collect or create, solve them by manipulating that data, and (sometimes) actuate change in the physical world

Problems arise when higher - level decision makers mandate blended learning or make large - scale technology purchases based on the overhyped claims of technology boosters or on their own political desire to make their schools look innovative.

Cynthia — I certainly agree with most of your comment, though my perspective comes from the lack of validity of the results due to premature implementation of common core tests before common core instruction is adequately implemented across CA, rather than focused on the problems with initiation of technology - based large scale tests.

This is a problem encountered when such assessments are used on a large scale for high stakes.

Collective Insights on Collective Impact This special supplement features the most recent thinking and learning about how to use the collective impact approach to address large - scale social and environmental problems.

None of these win allies, change minds, or convince listeners that teachers have better large - scale solutions to the problems on the table.

In 2009 — the same year articles in an Educational Leadership issue on «Teaching for the 21st Century» recommended that schools assess key 21st century skills — our school district in southeastern Virginia began creating a large - scale performance assessment to gauge students» critical - thinking and problem - solving skills.

Another thing that needs to be said in this context is that sooner or later, in order to meet environmental problems, there will have to be international cooperation across all national boundaries on a much larger scale than we have seen up to now.

The good news is that we know the problems (quality, direct and large scale contact with our target markets, administration, upfront costs) and we can take them on (or attempt to).

I mean holdings on a large scale which could jeopardize them if defaulting became a problem..

It's a very large problem and declines the health of your cat on a large scale.

I'm the American co-Founder of Vietnam Animal Welfare Organisation in Hoi An, Vietnam and we are faced with the same problems here but on a much larger scale as cats are still stolen and eaten here.

The scope of the problem is even larger on the global scale.

When productivity and problem solving are on the agenda, we can also accommodate business meetings, corporate retreats and large - scale conferences.

But, an investigation revealed «no indications of loot boxes being opened on a large scale by problem players and / or addicted players.»

The only problem that pretty much every game that is quite new with a large fan - base suffers with is server issues and this is going to get better and better as the game further develops so i am not going to rant about how the only problem i have came across is so bad as the story makes up for it because the quality is amazing as the animations are beautifully done and the feeling of playing a story that isn't too driven on dialogue but more actions and feeling that you are destroying a castle and are making a difference within a massive scale war is greatly satisfying.

Similar to his multi-panel landscape paintings, these large - scale images of the Yosemite Valley are printed on four panels and solve the problem of capturing the vastness of Yosemite in a single image.

Published on the occasion of John Kørner's second solo exhibition War Problems at Victoria Miro, this catalogue presents 16 large scale paintings of Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

My firm belief is we need to be investing at a much larger scale — billions of dollars, not tens of millions per year, in photovoltaics research, to get true breakthroughs on the cost problem.

via: The Guardian Large - Scale Hydropower Controversial Hydropower Project in Chile Enters Environmental Analysis Phase Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Yu Xiaogang on Hydropower and Community in China Three Gorges: China's Own Dam Problem

No doubt we will continue to make progress on large - scale problems.

Nuclear has a lot of work to be done before it can be utilized on a large scale economically (if Beta Blocker would stop complaining about there not being a carbon tax and get back to work maybe he could solve some of these problems).

Unfortunately, «large scale systematic biases» from urbanization and landscape changes are precisely what's at issue and BEST's slicing methodology does not directly bear on this problem.

Even though the prediction problem itself is seamless, the best practical approach to it may be described as unified: models aimed at different time scales and phenomena may have large commonality but place emphasis on different aspects of the system.