Sentences with phrase «recent significant activity»

Paris - based Peter Turner's arbitration practice has had a long - standing focus on substantial investor - state arbitration cases, although he has also had recent significant activity in the commercial sphere, notably on gas price review cases.

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The recent improvement in start - up activity despite a relatively healthy labour market indicates that a significant number of new entrepreneurs chose self - employment as a career rather than being forced to open a business due to a lack of other employment opportunities.

Poland even saw significant drilling activity and investment from international drillers, but ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and others have pulled the plug on those projects in recent years after disappointing results.

But, judging from recent messaging, Fed policymakers have yet to see compelling evidence of an acceleration in overall activity, viewing growth as set to remain at around trend rates, and are reluctant to factor in any significant impact from the Trump administration's future policies.

The activities of these players have had a significant role in the recent volatility of gold prices.

The company generates most of its revenue in Western Australia, which has seen a significant downturn in economic activity in recent years.

If the recent deterioration in business sentiment is to have a significant effect on real activity, it would do so by altering firms» investment and employment plans.

South African entrepreneur Errol has shown significant interest in expanding his reach in the online services marketplace with recent investment activity in real estate brands «Nested» and «Purple Bricks.»

And then, just to clarify, I know this was a big discussion topic kind of intra-quarter, but which of your non-U.S. countries have the most significant amount of pricing that are done in dollars, and has there been any material amount of discounting or extra competitive activity in these countries just given how much other currencies have depreciated versus the dollar in recent months?

Leatherhead's research activity has seen significant growth in recent years and the new laboratory is designed to cope with this continued trend.

Recent months have seen significant activity from the UK government in the area of volunteering.

Recent works report that inflow and outflow activities were most significant eleven billion years ago (at redshift ~ 2), and were about a hundred times more active relative to those in the local universe.

Analyses of wind and significant wave height support reanalysis - based evidence for an increase in extratropical storm activity in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades until the late 1990s.

William Ruddiman has proposed the early anthropocene hypothesis, according to which the anthropocene era, as some people call the most recent period in the Earth's history when the activities of the human race first began to have a significant global impact on the Earth's climate and ecosystems, did not begin in the eighteenth century with the advent of the Industrial Era, but dates back to 8000 years ago, due to intense farming activities of our early agrarian ancestors.

In their most recent study, conducted on a nationwide scale, psychologists Andrea Taylor and Frances Kuo have found that children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder, or ADHD, experienced a significant reduction in symptoms after they participated in activities in green settings.

Melbourne, Australia About Blog This blog will provide commentary on and analysis of recent High Court decisions, general information about the Court, as well as marking significant activities and events at the Court.

Gregg Borschmann: I also asked Gregory Andrews about the recent field trials at Roxby Downs that found a significant reduction in tracked dingo activity after baiting.

The last significant volcanic eruption, the Capelinhos volcano (Vulcão dos Capelinhos), occurred off the coast of the island of Faial in 1957; the most recent volcanic activity occurred in the seamounts and submarine volcanoes off the coast of Serreta and in the Pico - São Jorge Channel.

The recent financial downturn and the resulting economic uncertainty has put pressure on the job market and consumer spending, causing a significant drop in the number of people travelling abroad and the amount people spend on holidays and leisure activities.

And it may reflect more changes than we realize: recent writing on the Anthropocene period that arguably began during the Industrial Revolution highlights the significant global impact of human activities on Earth's ecosystems.

Beginning with a core of works by artists who in some way are tied to the Museum's history — be they present in collections or part of some of the most significant events that have distinguished the Castello's thirty years of activity — the investigation is broadened to include others who, in the recent past, have proven to be, with their works, decisive for newer generations of artists.

Last week, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and 10 other leading world bodies expressed the consensus view that «there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring» and that «It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities».

According to a recent article in Eos (Doran and Zimmermann, «Examining the Scientific consensus on Climate Change `, Volume 90, Number 3, 2009; p. 22 - 23 — only available for AGU members — update: a public link to the article is here), about 58 % of the general public in the US thinks that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing the mean global temperature, as opposed to 97 % of specialists surveyed.

Solar activity does have to have increased since 1940 to explain a significant part of the recent warming.

Oreskes concluded that of those articles (about 75 % of them) that deal with the question at all, 100 % (all of them) support the consensus view that a significant fraction of recent climate change is due to human activities.

In particular, the authors find fault with IPCC's conclusions relating to human activities being the primary cause of recent global warming, claiming, contrary to significant evidence that they tend to ignore, that the comparatively small influences of natural changes in solar radiation are dominating the influences of the much larger effects of changes in the atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations on the global energy balance.

Using a large volume of 126 proxy temperature records from the Northern Hemisphere, they found (1) a clearly discernible Medieval Warm Period (MWP)(950-1150) and Little Ice Age (LIA)(1450 - 1850), (2) «likely unprecedented» modern temperatures (relative to the last 1,000 years), as well as a (3) «significant» link between the high temperatures of the MWP and recent times and the high solar activity that characterized both periods (the Medieval Maximum and the Modern Grand Maximum).

... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.

A more recent survey of earth scientists asked the question «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?».

The subject of the activity deals in significant part with agency programs, operations or policies or with the employee's current or recent assignments.

This is in strong contrast with the current position of the US National Academy of Sciences:»... there is now strong evidence that significant global warming is occurring... It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activities... The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action.»

«100 % (all of them) support the consensus view that a significant fraction of recent climate change is due to human activities»

Durkin presents an alternative view that recent global warming is neither significant nor due to human activity.

He rightly cited the solid scientific consensus showing significant warming of the climate system, with most global warming in recent decades mainly a result of human activity.

• Applicants who are required to establish rehabilitation under Rule 3 - 13 «so as to ascertain whether they displayed any malice or ill feeling towards those who were compelled to bring about the proceeding leading to the need to establish rehabilitation;» • Applicants with a history of substance abuse / dependence «so as to ascertain whether they discussed or posted photographs of any recent substance abuse;» • Applicants with «significant candor concerns» including not telling the truth on employment applications or resumes; • Applicants with a history of unlicensed practice of law (UPL) allegations; • Applicants who have worked as a certified legal intern, reported self - employment in a legal field, or reported employment as an attorney pending admission «to ensure that these applicants are not holding themselves out as attorneys;» • Applicants who have positively responded to Item 27 of the bar application disclosing «involvement in an organization advocating the overthrow of a government in the United States to find out if they are still involved in any related activities.»

Sherrard thinks there'll be a significant increase in employment standards compliance work for employment lawyers, and he also expects more activity for labour lawyers providing services to federally regulated employers in the wake of recent Canada Labour Code changes.

«The recent revelations regarding Facebook's actual practices with respect to user privacy and data security have severely damaged the Company's reputation and imposed significant costs on it, including regulatory investigations, lost business, exposure to litigation, and other damages,» the complaint runs, before going on to allege that Facebook sought to «downplay concerns about access to user information» and «continued to assure investors that Facebook maintained effective» internal controls and systems that automatically detected «suspicious activity»».

Melbourne, Australia About Blog This blog will provide commentary on and analysis of recent High Court decisions, general information about the Court, as well as marking significant activities and events at the Court.

Research from the United States reported prevalence rates as high as 9 % for anxiety disorders and 2 % for depression among preschool children.4 A recent study in Scandinavia also found 2 % of children to be affected by depression, but rates for anxiety disorders were much lower (1.5 %).5 While most childhood fears and transient sadness are normative, some children suffer from emotional problems that cause significant distress and impairment, limiting their ability to develop age - appropriate social and pre-academic skills and / or participate in age - appropriate activities and settings.

Melbourne, Australia About Blog This blog will provide commentary on and analysis of recent High Court decisions, general information about the Court, as well as marking significant activities and events at the Court.

Recent studies have shown that parental monitoring of adolescents» daily diabetes care — that is, information - seeking about their child's diabetes care behaviors and direct supervision and oversight of those activities [31]-- is a significant predictor of youth diabetes management and metabolic control [32 - 34].

Putin says the real estate services industry in recent years has gained a significant importance for Russia, but the government is currently unhappy that a substantial part of its activities is carried out illegally.

According to its annual report, NRT expects that acquisition activities will be «re-energized, following what some observers have considered a hiatus in recent months,» thanks to a significant number of new acquisitions now in the pipeline.