Sentences with phrase «social risks which»

Underwriting assessment highlights health, professional and social risks which befall an applicant.

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Her letter states that «these efforts must include passing policies which decrease risks, providing support for social and emotional programs to address mental and behavioral health, and approving budgets that increase resources.»

Some publishers have seen traffic from Facebook plummet by 40 %, which reinforces the risks of handing control over your audience to the social network.

«Although it has acted swiftly on the latest UN sanctions, China is unlikely to go so far as to fully implement new sanctions that, in its judgment, would risk substantially undermining the economic well - being or social stability not just of North Korea, but also of the Chinese population near the North Korean border, which relies heavily on such trade,» she said.

Richard Leblanc, an expert on corporate governance and accountability, believes that the risk posed by ethics and trust has increased because of the ease and speed with which ethical breaches can be captured (eg on smartphones) and shared (via social media).

The site, which includes a help desk and crowd - sourced knowledge base, was built to provide activists at the greatest risk of surveillance with culturally relevant digital safety tips, tools and support, vetted by technologists that understand and are participants in social movements.

A report in February last year from the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association suggested default funds for defined contribution (DC) pensions - which 90 per cent of DC savers subscribe to - are vulnerable to a range of environmental, social and governance risks (ESG), including substantial climate risk.

These risks are usually more pronounced in emerging markets, which may be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties.

Sustainability Reporting: Final chart in this session looks at the proportion of companies which have adopted «sustainability reporting» - it speaks to the emerging field of ESG research where there is a growing acceptance and body of evidence which says that ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) factors are also relevant and can particularly be useful in filtering out companies that are at risk of brand impairment, legal liability, and general backlash due to inferior ESG practices and ratings.

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

I don't know, but I'll risk a guess that the editors thought it worth a momentary suspension of their liberal propensities to have someone take on with gusto, which Laurent certainly does, those terrible Catholic neoconservatives who construe Catholic social doctrine in a way supportive of a market economy and liberal polity.

Homosexuals have «the ability to see with different eyes» and to «risk decisions which straight men and women, because of their greater stake in the dominant social system, can not even consider.»

On the other hand, there is always the risk, in the just - because - of nature of Buddhist realization which accepts everything indiscriminately, even social and historical evil, that one's attitude toward the world will be, because of a false sameness, indifferent.43

And in exploring the wide implications of it all, he noted «the risk of an alliance between democracy and ethical relativism, which would remove any sure moral reference point from political and social life, and on a deeper level make the acknowledgement of truth impossible» (VS 101) and warned us, as he had done in an earlier encyclical, that «As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism».

The field of imagination at any rate is broad, ranging from automatic, instinctual, or reflex actions (in which the problem of meaning is virtually, but not entirely, non-existent), to more or less habitual modes of response to «natural signs,» and rising ultimately to sophisticated conceptual activity and various poetic or secondary forms of meaning — making in cultural and social significations.19 In the higher reaches of semiotic activity an increase in imaginative freedom is accompanied by a greater risk of error.

Social development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources&rSocial development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources&rSocial Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources&rsocial welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources».

In this essay, I have referred only to the book of Genesis and thus have chosen not to mention the prohibitions against homosexuality included in Leviticus, for it seems to me that what is at stake now is not homosexuality, which is a fact, a reality, whatever my view of it as a rabbi might be, but the risk of irreversibly scrambling genealogies, questions of legal and social status (the child - as - subject becoming child - as - object), and identities — a confusion that would be harmful to society as a whole and that would lose sight of the general interest in seeking the advantage of a tiny minority.

In societies which have a low degree of acceptance of large daily amounts of alcohol, mainly those will be exposed to the risk of addiction who on account of high psychological vulnerability have an inducement to go against the social standards.

I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

(a) There are risks and dangers associated with participation in ALL SPORTS SERIES AND CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») events and activities which could result in bodily injury, partial and / or total disability, paralysis and death.

The centre, which takes referrals from Social Services, Children's Guardians and the Courts when the children are considered to be at serious risk of harm, sees working with young, vulnerable dads as central to its purpose.

But a lesser - noticed story published that same day on the Times School Book blog reported that New York City is being forced to cut its Universal Meals Program, which had previously insured that all children at some predominantly low - income schools received free lunches, without demonstrating economic need — and therefore without risking social stigma by taking the school meal.

It is important to realize that the physical and social conditions under which infant - parent cosleeping occurs, in all its diverse forms, can and will determine the risks or benefits.

Cases and controls, or their guardians, were asked to complete a postal risk factor questionnaire, which included variables on infant feeding, social factors, accommodation, travel, and contact with persons with diarrhoeal disease.

Professional counseling also can help improve kids» confidence and social skills, which in turn can reduce the risk of bullying.

Additional evidence from studies which have looked at other aspects of social support such as the level of received support or sources of social support also provided evidence to support the hypothesis that the level of social support is an important factor in postpartum depression and that if social support is absent then it can be a potential risk factor for postpartum depression.

Within the subgroup of studies which specifically focused on social support, they found that 14 studies showed no association between marital or partner status and depressive symptoms or diagnosis whilst 13 studies showed that women who were married or cohabiting with the baby's father had fewer depressive symptoms or a lower risk of postpartum depression compared to women separated from their partner or not in a relationship during the first postpartum year.

Although social support doesn't act alone as being a risk factor for postpartum depression, the frequency with which it is cited in the scientific literature as a risk factor merits a review of what the science says about it.

There are still matters for children's social care to address such as good risk assessment, which is absent from too many cases, and there is not enough long - term support for the child victims.

It classifies drugs using a risk assessment matrix, which covers nine types of term divided between physical harm, dependence and social harms.

«Apart from deep rooted ignorance, illiteracy and permissible idiocy by the well lettered on social media, the two major high risk phenomena he should be concerned about are a very uninspiring Electoral Commission with a terrible communication strategy and the second of course is skyrocketing unemployement which I must admit he can't do much about.»

The motion, which took party leaders by surprise, said there was a risk that the new schools would increase «social divisiveness and inequity in a system that is already unfair».

Helpfully he had come armed with suggestions for how this might be done: extending the kinds of business models that the ownership commission reported upon the day after the jobs summit; ecosystem policy, rather than industrial policy; a twenty - first century social contract, which would allow individuals to mitigate the risk in their lives; and a state - backed infrastructure bank.

However, and this is the crucial difference between the social liberal approach and the Labour approach, it is impractical for state to be so centralised, and also risks thew intrusions about which liberals are concerned.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

«Teenage pregnancy poses a serious risk to the health of teen mothers and their babies, and to society as a whole, which has to pay the economic and social costs of teen pregnancy, «said Dr. Gale R. Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health.

The NHIS has about 11.3 million members, and is a social intervention programme which provides financial risk protection against out - of - pocket healthcare expenditure for all residents in Ghana.

She and her colleagues knew that chromatin regulators — which control how genetic material gains access to a cell's transcriptional machinery — were key to treating the social deficits in ASD, but the challenge was to know how to affect key risk factors at once.

To support the development of young students — particularly in low - income schools, which are at risk for having less effective teachers and less engaged students — researchers are looking to classroom interventions focused on social - emotional learning.

Notably we found evidence that different risk attitudes, which have not received much attention in understanding evacuation behavior, are associated with different behaviors,» states Sarah McCaffrey, lead author and research social scientist with the USDA Forest Service.

Existing studies show that impulsiveness is predictive of online risk taking behaviours, but this additional research with British and Italian young adults highlighted that high self - monitoring — or adapting behaviour in line with perceived social norms — was equally predictive of posting risky content, which Dr White says could mean young people think it's the best way to behave.

According to cultural theory, each group selects risks which seem useful for maintaining its own social organisation.

For example, taking extraordinary risks can mean bucking social norms, which can cause distress — as, of course, can consequences such as injury.

The 193 signatories to the convention agreed to outlaw such geoengineering projects «until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justify such activities and appropriate consideration of the associated risks for the environment and biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural impacts».

The expanded community of practice that emerged as a result of the [L'Aquila] risk communication failure, which now includes communication social science experts, can serve as a model for other scientific communities that also may need to translate their knowledge effectively to disparate non-scientific publics.»

Dr Rebecca Lacey, Research Associate in the UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and lead author of the study, said: «Our study suggests that it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increases the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce which are important.»

Kilgus and his colleagues have developed a student version of the Social, Academic and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS), which students use to provide information about their own mental health.

According to social neuroscientist Shelley Taylor of the University of California, Los Angeles, research backs up the idea that older people can put a positive spin on things — emotionally charged pictures, for example, and playing virtual games in which they risk the loss of money.

The researchers also found that influential Tsimane men receive more deference and social support, which can mitigate risks of conflict, sickness and food shortage.

He also co-directs Rutgers» transdisciplinary Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience (C2R2) initiative, a training program which brings graduate students in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, and urban planning together with coastal stakeholders to tackle the challenges that climate change poses to the world's coastlines.