The downward trends over time argue against the assumption that the reduced consumption of refined sugars and SSB will, in themselves, help to reverse
societal trends in obesity and chronic disease.
Not exact matches
While some of these
trends were already happening before the imposition of the carbon tax and are not unique to B.C., the policy is widely supported and appears to be working
in concert with other
societal changes.
He introduced the word
in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, and used it as a way to describe how
trends and
societal practices catch on and become popularized.
Monday Morning offers a GPS system for leaders to navigate
in shifting market
trends, changing
societal values and modes of organization.
In this session, we will hear from an industry leader about macro trends, consumers, products, and the societal goals of business as they strive to stay ahead in this new age of digital media & entertainmen
In this session, we will hear from an industry leader about macro
trends, consumers, products, and the
societal goals of business as they strive to stay ahead
in this new age of digital media & entertainmen
in this new age of digital media & entertainment.
What are the 10 most significant investment, policy, technology, and
societal trends and developments that both defined and propelled the worldwide shift to clean energy
in 2014?
So we don't try to find some excuse
in the Bible to defend our
societal trends.
«One of the key things for churches is to realise this is not just a political issue, it's a personal issue, and therefore we mustn't only speak of it
in terms of government proposals and
societal trends; this is an issue many of us
in our churches are wrestling with at a personal level,» says Allberry.
Consequently, one may speak of «bureaucratization» as a master
trend in societal evolution and yet recognize that the specific manifestations of this
trend in religious hierarchies and
in government agencies may be quite different.
Research, advances
in technology and infrastructure, and inter-generational
trends and patterns inform parenting on a
societal level.
This promising
trend may be due to nutritional improvements instituted by restaurants, a
societal shift away from fast food generally and / or a decrease
in portion sizes.
However, he may have more agency
in whether and how he acts upon these
societal trends than previously thought.
Thanks to a noteworthy shift
in societal view and attitudes towards dating as well as an upward climbing
trend for people over 50 to use the different social media channels like Facebook and Instagram as a launch pad to enter the online dating arena, more and more people over 50 are starting to find love thru the help of the digital cupid's arrow.
It is, however, impossible to ignore how Lovelace follows a disturbing
trend,
in which the sexual, cultural and
societal radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s is now subjected to scrutiny and criticised as phoney, erroneous or even frankly evil.
Societal trends, social media, and the erosion of faith
in major institutions have produced an angry age.
Creativity and innovation
in teaching has to evolve alongside
societal trends, and short films have the incredible potential to keep promoting language teaching and engage students
in their learning.
In short, many
societal trends have been marriage - enhancing.
But Isabel Sawhill attributes the growth
in single parenthood to broader
societal trends.
The results are most useful when they are considered
in combination with other knowledge about the student population and the educational system, such as
trends in instruction, changes
in the school - age population, and
societal demands and expectations.
The solution, I believe, lies primarily
in societal changes — schools simply can not successfully fight
societal trends and inequities.
In keeping with the trends of societal changes, the East Bay SPCA went vegetarian in October, 201
In keeping with the
trends of
societal changes, the East Bay SPCA went vegetarian
in October, 201
in October, 2014.
She focuses on media
trends and the dissemination of
societal occurrences
in the news, adapting images from popular press and social media leaks to exist within alternate scenarios.
While the anomalous nature of recent
trends in global average temperature is often highlighted
in discussions of climate change, changes at regional scales have potentially greater
societal significance.
Characterization of how
societal choices influence long - term
trends in climate and air pollution (having adverse affects on human health
in urban areas, and on agriculture
in farming areas) are our primary goals.
... 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.
There has been a sizable upward
trend in the number of storms causing large financial and other losses.32 However, there are
societal contributions to this
trend, such as increases
in population and wealth.7
This supports the hypothesis that a positive
trend in the increase of flood losses should be attributed to
societal shifts
in the exposed areas.
A rational public and private sector response to the threat of storm damage
in a changing climate must therefore acknowledge scientific uncertainties that are likely to persist beyond the time at which decisions will need to be made, focus more on the risks and benefits of planning for the worst case scenarios, and recognize that the combination of
societal trends and the most confident aspects of climate change predictions makes future economic impacts substantially more likely than does either one alone.
Building on current developments
in international initiatives such as the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Belmont Forum (BF) and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), the workshop entitled Research Data infrastructures for Environmental related
Societal Challenges will be an opportunity to discuss
trends of the current global landscape of e-Infrastructures for environmental data management and exploitation to enhance collaboration on a global level
in support of sharing research and public sector data.
While extreme events per se are not abrupt climate changes as defined
in this report, changes
in extreme events could lead to abrupt changes
in two ways: (1) an abrupt change
in a weather or climate extremes regime, for example a sudden shift to persistent drought conditions; or (2) a gradual
trend in the frequency or severity of extremes that causes abrupt impacts when
societal or ecological thresholds are crossed, as illustrated
in Figure 2.10.
With an uncanny ability to identify future
trends and accurately predict what would be on the horizon
in technological and
societal developments, Michael Crichton cemented himself as a visionary thinker
in all areas of life.
In the mid-1990s, as email began to emerge as a
societal trend, it was frowned on by the legal profession.
In July a conference on legal futures was held in Singapore in which it was also concluded that a number of societal and economic trends make business as usual in the justice sector untenabl
In July a conference on legal futures was held
in Singapore in which it was also concluded that a number of societal and economic trends make business as usual in the justice sector untenabl
in Singapore
in which it was also concluded that a number of societal and economic trends make business as usual in the justice sector untenabl
in which it was also concluded that a number of
societal and economic
trends make business as usual
in the justice sector untenabl
in the justice sector untenable.
«The first major wave of leadership transitions
in both legal departments and law firms to the «next» generation of leaders will begin to impact the legal services industry consistent with the overall
societal demographic
trends.
As a result,
in addition to posts about recent and noteworthy legal decisions, this blog will also speak to practical litigation issues that frequently accompany trade secret litigation, consider larger
societal and technological
trends that affect this area, and, finally and perhaps most importantly, speak to administrative and human resources issues that also arise
in this context and that need to be considered to protect trade secrets.
Some of the
trend is simply a fact of broader
societal factors related to aging baby - boomers who
in many cases were leading figures
in the development of organizations like Division 49.
For it to retain its value, indeed increase
in value, we need to monitor
societal trends and develop cost - effective ways of integrating best products and practices into the real estate education knowledge database.