Sentences with phrase «social disruption»

On the four indicators of social disruption mentioned above, the district — charter difference in the percentage identifying a problem as serious or very serious is on average 8 percentage points.

We find that parents report less social disruption at charter schools than at district schools.

It is now too late to avoid social disruptions on an enormous scale.

And this will lead to major social disruption unless we develop sound policies to ease the transition.

«Recently, there has been a surge of extremely destructive fires with corresponding social disruptions and substantial economic costs,» the researchers wrote in their paper.

Recently, there has been a surge of extremely destructive fires with corresponding social disruptions and substantial economic costs.

Despite causing social disruption and fatalities, SARS never moved as quickly and widely as influenza.

The forum, which is currently hosting its annual summit in Germany, says that governments around the world must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks to reduce social disruption from job losses.

These findings highlight the potential long - term negative consequences of acute social disruption in cognitively advanced species that live in close - knit kin - based societies, and alter our perspective on the health and functioning of populations that have been subjected to anthropogenic disturbance.

Even if aging and death were not deliberate research targets, the demographic trends strongly suggest that the lives of future persons will be much longer on average than they now are, surely long enough to cause serious social disruption if not wisely handled.

While elephants in the wild can appear to exhibit short - term resilience following social disruption, apparently forming stable and reproductively active family groups (but see 9), the results presented here suggest that important decision - making abilities that are likely to impact on fundamental aspects of the elephant's complex social behaviour may be significantly altered in the long - term.

Whether precipitation falls as rain or snow, these extremes can heighten the risk of flood, and cause economic and social disruptions for communities unprepared to cope.

He was well aware, just as Aleander was (as the Emperor himself could hardly be) of the genuine danger of violent social disruption.

One of the stereotypes which has been very slow in becoming dislodged from our thinking is that alcoholism is synonymous with extreme social disruption or deterioration.

A statement issued by the US Embassy in Ghana said although they have not picked up information regarding any planned protests, US nationals should be cautious because such social disruptions «could...

If social disruption impacts decision - making processes central to social functioning, we would predict deficits in abilities of the Pilanesberg elephants to respond appropriately to social threat.

It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering — even in «advanced» countries.

If you've seen the movie Contagion by Warner Brothers, you have a pretty good idea of how quickly the abrupt surge in illness and death can overwhelm health services and cause significant social disruption and economic loss.

Alcohol, murder, disease, rape, theft and social disruption necessitated a protectionist relationship administered by a government appointed Chief Protector of Aborigines.

Forty years of primate research has firmly established that early disruption of the social attachment bond reduces the long term capacity to cope with subsequent social disruptions and to modulate physiological arousal.

The science pointing to rising risks of environmental and social disruption from an unabated rise in greenhouse gas emissions remains robust.

Although charter parents perceive less social disruption in their schools, they express greater concern about the paucity of extracurricular activities.

That will be determined by many factors, but they include where and how the congregation is socially situated, what travels have been taken, what part of the world has been seen, how many members have experienced poverty, unemployment, crime, and all sorts of social disruption — or conversely how strong is the social equilibrium in the experience and horizon of the congregation.

For now I would give two chances out of three that Beijing will manage an orderly «long landing», in which growth rates continue to drop sharply but without major social disruption or a collapse in the economy.

His research focuses on self - regulation and recovery following social disruptions, normative attachment processes in adult relationships, and treatment outcome research related to family transitions.

The Treasury have rightly feared that a bodged reform could leave hundreds of thousands of people worse off and cause social disruption.

The rapid development of the industry can also lead to social disruption, higher crime rates and anxiety.

One of the reasons is that redistribution of wealth avoids the social disruption that now plagues the U.S. and Britain.

They believe too that a voluntary military and civilian national service program for young people would help alleviate the social disruption and teach important new skills and provide tutoring to disadvantaged students, help for the elderly, and improvements of public spaces such as parks and playgrounds.

There are many reasons to think ill of s.ex, regardless of virginity, e.g. disease, environmental impact, social disruption of promiscuity, etc., however, that was not my point.

Read Ruth, for instance, and imagine what it has to say in a hungry society threatened by war and social disruption.

«One strength of free societies is their ability to adapt to economic and social disruptions.»

Moves to lower - cost housing can also add to the social disruption children experience in the wake of divorce.

Serve with: a side order of social disruption and ennui.

Unite and employers need to work together to reach an agreement that will avert the irresponsible industrial action that threatens the nation with economic and social disruption.

«We will instead follow Greece down the road to economic, political and social disruption,» he warned.

While the Embassy has no information regarding planned protests, it should be noted that social disruptions or protests could occur with little or no warning throughout Ghana.

Such an earthquake will cause widespread damage to structures, transportation and utilities, as well as economic and social disruption in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay).

Integrating a community's infrastructural, social and economic features, Mahmoud's team has created a dynamic mathematical model that quantifies, in space and time, how well a community would withstand a major shakeup — regardless of whether it's a natural disaster like a flood, or a social disruption like the Arab Spring in 2011.

«Our model can help us determine what happens to your community, both spatially and temporally, if it's struck by a natural disaster, economic downturn or social disruption,» Mahmoud said.

The study can't explain the association, but Vetter said it could be related to increased inflammation in the body and social disruption.

Asteroid impacts that cause global catastrophe are climate - changing events, and most of the resulting fatalities would be due to that change (which would cause social disruption that is expected to lead to starvation, disease and violence).

Just as an alcoholic does not regain full vigor and health by stopping the flow of bourbon, but must address nutritional deficiencies, liver problems, as well as the social disruption of alcoholism, so a former wheat - and grain - eater must undo all the adverse effects that developed over years of consuming foods changed by agribusiness.

In another study, characteristically timid mice were put into a cage with more aggressive mice: a «social disruption» stressor.