Sentences with phrase «public policy factors»

I'm used to working in an environment that, like the real estate industry, is rapidly changing, often by economic, demographic, and public policy factors beyond our control.

«As the EAT made clear, there are significant public policy factors which support the principle that cases should, subject to the right to appeal on specific points, be heard only once.

Such an interpretation of FAA 1987, s 4 was necessary so as to meet the strong public policy factors in favour of setting off payments made by a tortfeasor.

Without such reasons or explanation, Canadians can only guess as to «the wider public policy factors» (Pembina at para. 74) taken into account by the GiC in ultimately granting project approval.

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Maternal mortality review committees can play a key role in this process, public health experts say, by identifying pregnancy - related deaths that might otherwise be overlooked, analyzing the factors contributing to those deaths, and translating the lessons into policy changes.

Mauro F. Guillà © n of the Wharton School and Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and Sandra L. Suà ¡ rez of Temple University's Department of Political Science explore the economic and structural factors that affect the growth of the Internet in different countries in their paper «Developing the Internet: Entrepreneurship and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective.»

But then again, so is demographics, water scarcity, technological change, creativity, policy choices, public sentiment, corruption, cultural differences, new forms of energy and a myriad of other factors, all interacting in unpredictable ways.

This may be another factor keeping some bigger consumer internet companies such as Airbnb and Pinterest, already skittish about going public, on the sidelines, as they worry about market reaction to their numbers and data - collection policies.

Policy - makers, scholars, and other commentators have suggested a number of factors that may affect public opinion on expanded trade with China.

While many, factors contributed to the global financial crisis, the root cause was a massive failure of public policy and regulation in the U.S. residential real estate market.

Issues around sexuality and sexual practice are therefore powerful factors in shaping public attitudes and concomitantly the policies of public authorities.

These factors, of course, prevail in public - policy determination in a secular - pluralistic society.

Not surprisingly, some of the factors that were found to assist children to become «survivors» are largely beyond the reach of law and public policy.

However, very few policies in Christian institutions or in public life are actually decided on these bases, in part because class analysis simply does not and can not take account of the cultural factors that shape much of what is decided.

The Empire Center for Public Policy, a think tank that tracks public pension costs, said Silver's pension may be as high as $ 98,000 if additional factors such as his pre-Albany experience as a New York City Civil Court clerk and other service credits are incPublic Policy, a think tank that tracks public pension costs, said Silver's pension may be as high as $ 98,000 if additional factors such as his pre-Albany experience as a New York City Civil Court clerk and other service credits are incpublic pension costs, said Silver's pension may be as high as $ 98,000 if additional factors such as his pre-Albany experience as a New York City Civil Court clerk and other service credits are included.

Thirty - nine percent of voters said Trump was a factor in the Virginia race, according to a poll released late last month by the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University.

The rates do not factor in tax exemptions or deductions, as pointed out by E.J. McMahon from the Empire Center for Public Policy.

Professor Sarah Birch's research for the Institute for Public Policy Research shows the toxic effect of these two factors together: only a third of under - 35s earning # 10,000 or less voted, so their voice was swamped by the 80 % of over-55s earning # 40,000 or more who did.

What influence do factors such as cost, conservation campaigns, and public policies have on homeowners» water use?

As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public health, «reaching beyond infectious diseases to upstream risk factors in everyday life and the human habitat.»

Science, of course, is only one factor to be considered when making public policy.

Halfon, who is also a professor of pediatrics, public health and public policy, said the study is the first to examine how socioeconomic status is associated with a wide variety of factors that impact a young child's math and reading abilities by kindergarten.

The report recommends that the governing authorities, including research institutions, funders, and regulators, develop and maintain clear policies and mechanisms for how public engagement will factor into research, ecological risk assessments, and public policy decisions about gene drives.

While it is too early to identify all of the potential ELSI issues that may emerge in this field, such considerations should be factored into the development of policy recommendations for public health and clinical practice in infectious disease, both domestically and internationally [106].

In a new study, researchers find that seniority - based layoff policies — the norm in public schools — lead to higher numbers of teacher layoffs than would be necessary if administrators were allowed to make effectiveness the determining factor in issuing layoff notices, rather than length of service.

What if it's more like other professions, say journalism, public policy, or business where credentials are valued but weighed alongside other factors because there isn't a field - wide core of knowledge or skills all practitioners must have?

A state's eligibility policy must balance accountability for public funds with the need to provide efficient and flexible processes for program staff in documenting risk factors.

The DCPS funding formula does differentiate public funding based on the number of students at each grade level and in different special needs categories, including special education, English language learners, and those «at risk» for academic failure.38 DCPS would not disclose how or if it factors in parental donations when determining school budgets or allocations.39 However, it did report not having a policy to equitably redistribute parent donations or to prohibit these additional dollars from being put toward staffing.40

Through case studies of five states with varying facilities policies, Dr. Rivera's study examines the factors contributing to expanded state investment in equitable public school facilities and how those factors can be leveraged to encourage states that make minimal investments to expand their support for facilities funding.

The federal Office of Civil Rights has the responsibility to ensure that racism is not a factor in school discipline policies or the public education system writ large.

ASCD Director of Public Policy David Griffith predicts that membership in each consortia could decrease by 2015 for a variety of factors.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

Recent research from Roosevelt University reveals that Chicago's policies toward charters are a major factor causing the fiscal crisis in Chicago's public schools.

Within her work examining the broad and complex set of ecological factors that influence classroom quality, Natalia's concentration on immigrant - origin children focuses the lens on a subpopulation of a particular policy and public interest.

The SBAC «policy paper» setting the absurd scoring system doesn't even call for additional efforts to address those key factors nor does it even mention how inappropriate and unfair it is to evaluate public school teachers on these flawed test scores.

Perhaps the most important factor discussed was ways that libraries can demonstrate their relevance to both the public and the deciding policy makers.

Yes, the credit policies of other nations were a factor, but it does not excuse the mismanagement of monetary policy by Greenspan, where private and public debts were allowed to build up to record high ratios of GDP, threatening the health of the financial system, and the Fed did little to nothing about it.

It takes an informed, common - sense, realistic look at the incidence and risk factors involved, and makes specific husbandry and policy recommendations to improve public safety and animal well - being.

Fatal attacks represent a small proportion of dog bite injuries to humans and, therefore, should not be the primary factor driving public policy concerning dangerous dogs.

Neither commercial nor raw diet manufacturers were contacted during development of this policy because it was based on public health risk, and not on nutritional comparisons, health benefits, or economic factors.

Factors Shaping Public Debates and Policy on Farm Animal Welfare.

Unfortunately, said Geduldig, animal - rights groups often frame the public - policy debate for the pet industry, and politicians usually align with the emotional side of an issue — both factors that do not make for fair assessment of the issues.

But you have stated that they are wrong by so large a factor that one has to query how they are used, what outputs are released and of course more crucially what recommendations in terms of public policy are made as a result.

That kind of stuff is ok as an educational exercise, but if we are going to do engineering and public policy planning we need to either insert safety factors or work with the Gibbs energy.

These other factors include the economy, confusion over colder weather and other perceptual biases, general distrust of government, climate policies such as cap and trade that are not easily sold as effective or in line with public values, the absence of White House leadership on the issue, institutional barriers in Congress and at the international level, and the continued communication and policy missteps of some scientists and environmental advocates.

«Although such estimates of future deployment of carbon - free energy sources indicate that it may be possible to achieve a decarbonized energy system, great uncertainties remain regarding the implementation of such scenarios due to factors such as costs, technology evolution, public policies, and barriers to deployment of new technologies (NRC, 2010b)»

Public opinion formed like a tidal wave, and the fear factor led to rapid policy action.

Both factors are amenable to change via public policy.

IMO, until we can decide these issues, we can not assume — for the purposes of public policy at least — that these other factors are both temporary and insignificant.

Driven by factors like the Bush administration's censorship of climate science communication, Al Gore's prominent role in promoting awareness of the science of global warming, and frequent Republican deployment of climate change denial and «skepticism» to oppose greenhouse gas regulation, a destructive dichotomy has been created suggesting that valuing the role of science in public policy is a matter of political partisanship.