Sentences with phrase «research policy level»

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He included original research that suggests a looser fiscal policy after 2010 may have resulted in a lower level of household debt today.

As Neil Dutta, head of economic research for Renaissance Macro, wrote in a note to clients, Friday's report was the lowest reading in sixth months, and the index has been «below the 50 breakeven level for nine of the last ten months and will likely intensify calls for additional policy accommodation.»

In a report earlier this year for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Trent University economist Harry Kitchen argues it's time for governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks for seniors.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

For example, policy - makers at the federal level can conduct their own research on the effects of the sharing economy and pass it along to municipal and provincial authorities.

He mentioned that his organization recently posted an opening for an entry - level policy and research analyst.

Since 1937, our principled research, insightful analysis, and engaged experts have informed smarter tax policy at the federal, state, and local levels.

Ms. Siu started her career as a member of the Global Markets Institute, the public policy research unit of Goldman Sachs, providing research and high - level advisory services to policymakers, regulators and investors around the world.

He leads the Council's industry - level research as well as policy development and advocacy on innovation, technology, intellectual property, competition and regulatory issues.

However, the more I researched this issue, the more I realized how central funding to support homelessness and addiction is to social policy at every level.

• Seamless effectiveness both in the field and at headquarters - both at operational level and at the normative level (synergies between policy research, analysis and substantive «support» for intergovernmental processes).

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Drawing from the latest food waste policy research, we've developed a comprehensive tool that will help businesses and policy makers understand current policies, explore best practices and advocate for better food waste policies at all levels of government.

In some regions, municipal or state - level institutions have adopted research and extension policies to directly benefit small family farms (e.g. in Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil).

The political science research shows us that levels of income inequality vary considerably across capitalist countries, and that these differences are related to differences in social and economic policies which, in turn, are related to differences in who governs.

As Rick Muir, whose research at the IPPR think - tank has closely influenced Labour's policy development, puts it: «Instead of these budgets being salami - sliced at the centre, you pool the budget down to the local level and then they can make more rational sense of it.»

Rachel Fauss, policy and research manager for Citizens Union, said in her testimony that the platform «would put New York City at the forefront nationally,» with the only similar known examples on the local level being Oakland and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

«At the highest levels of government, people viewed economic development and energy policies as a gold rush,» said Blair Horner, the longtime legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Celia Weaver, research and policy director at New York Communities for Change (NYCC), a progressive organization that frequently critiques de Blasio on housing, homelessness and other issues, told Observer the mayor is measuring the poverty level of individuals who make $ 32,000 a year or below but that his housing plan does not account for that.

Speakers at this event discussed what we know at the basic research level; what we still need to determine; how we can apply scientific findings to the clinical setting; and how we must develop humane and effective policies nationwide as our population ages.

Fifteen years ago, Pearl brought to her S&T Policy fellowship three years of postdoctoral mathematics research, experience designing a novel master's program at Rice University, time as a college - level mathematics teacher and a period delving into the technical and legal world of intellectual property.

Suited for mid - to senior - level scientists and engineers, this fellowship is a unique opportunity to develop new research projects and apply mature scholarship to real world policy problems.

Dean Cheng, a research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, sees Chang» e 2's orbital gymnastics as part national pride, part scientific curiosity, and part political move: doing things at a First World level.

The subject, however, must be related to the field chosen and connected with research policy at European and international levels.

We fed the fruits of our research back to the Ministry of Health at the policy level; to public health staff, through training; and to the community in the form of manuals, community mobilisation leaflets, and films.

Many of the most successful people in science policy have some kind of track record in research over and above simply completing a master's - or doctoral - level degree.

Attanasio, an assistant professor of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean delivery.

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athletes.

In May, NOVA aired «Poisoned Water,» an in - depth look at the distortion and dismissal of scientific research to support a misguided policy that exposed thousands of residents of Flint, Michigan to elevated levels of lead in their drinking water.

This has yet to happen openly on the Internet, although such accusations have been leveled against China, Russia and other nations, says Chris Bronk, an information technology policy research fellow at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in Houston and a former U.S. State Department dippolicy research fellow at Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in Houston and a former U.S. State Department dipPolicy in Houston and a former U.S. State Department diplomat.

He added, «We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science.»

«It is clear from our research that development plans and public policy decisions at national, regional and local level increasingly require clear and accurate information.»

«The Huai River policy also provides a research design that can be used to explore a variety of other questions about the long - run consequences of exposure to high levels of pollution.»

While our nation considers how to address gun violence, it is important to remember that scientific research can help us understand risk factors and the impacts of gun policy interventions at federal, state and local levels,» said Rush Holt, chief executive officer of AAAS, in a March 13 letter sent to President Donald Trump and congressional leadership.

«Stress, including the stress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Respolicy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy ResPolicy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy ResPolicy Research.

The research, entitled National - Level Family Policies and Access to Schedule Control in a European Comparative Perspective: Crowding Out or In, and for Whom?

«The suite of bills already passed would increase federal research & development (R&D) funding by an estimated 2.1 % above fiscal year 2016 levels in the House and 3.2 % above FY 2016 levels in the Senate, slightly above the rate of inflation,» AAAS wrote, citing objective analysis completed by the association's R&D Budget and Policy Program.

«It's cellular makeup, it's child behaviors and child attributes, it's family behaviors within communities and environments within state and national level policies,» says Kristen Harrison, founder of the university's Synergistic Theory and Research on Obesity and Nutrition Group (STRONG) Kids project.

«Policymakers at both the state and federal level must act to support medically underserved communities that depend on health centers,» says lead author of the report, Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, a professor of health policy and director of the Center for Health Policy Research at Milken Institutpolicy and director of the Center for Health Policy Research at Milken InstitutPolicy Research at Milken Institute SPH.

Stefan Rahmstorf, a German climatologist whose research led scientists to reconsider accelerated sea - level rise, said an embattled report by North Carolina experts, recommending that the state prepare for a 39 - inch rise by 2100, is a reasonable policy when building homes and infrastructure.

To conduct the study, Warshaw and Caughey — along with research assistants at MIT — examined 148 different state - level policy issues, evaluating each state's position on them.

Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.

As UCSF's first vice chancellor for science policy and strategy, Keith Yamamoto leads efforts to anticipate the needs of an increasingly dynamic biomedical research endeavor, and to position UCSF optimally, by working within the university as well as influencing and shaping science policy at the state and national levels and beyond.

Congress plays a critical role in shaping the American research portfolio by prescribing funding levels for research programs and, often, by directing policy.

International attention to research integrity at the policy level Presenter: Christine Boesz, International Consultant on Reserach Integrity, USA

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

His research in atmospheric chemistry, climate change and energy has involved him in shaping science and environmental policy at the highest levels nationally and internationally.

This research level text is the first to synthesize the very latest understanding of the consequences of ocean acidification, with the intention of informing both future research agendas and marine management policy.

Michael's research focuses on the natural science and policy aspects of climate change and its impacts, especially sea level rise and its causes and consequences.

In response to mounting concerns about the adequacy of protection of research participants, at a regulatory level, increasing attention is being focused on safety and confidentiality of human subjects participating in research protocols.26 - 28 Beginning with applications submitted for the January 2001 council round, institutional review board (IRB) approval is no longer required prior to NIH peer review; previous NIH policy had been that IRB approval was required at the time of submission.