Sentences with phrase «use by public institutions»

Because of its enormous potential to benefit public health, the technology behind Golden Rice has been donated by its inventors, Professor Ingo Potrykus and Dr. Peter Beyer, for use by public institutions.

The Canadian cloud has been seen as one of the most attractive data destinations: national privacy policies and provincial rules and regulations in this country provide good protections for an individual's personal information, as well as important data held or used by public institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals, government - owned utilities and government - operated service providers.

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Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

He said by using the logo in various communication materials, the EC has inevitably changed and approved the new logo as its logo, noting the EC does not need public approval to change its logo as it is an independent institution established by the constitution.

But critics, including some environmental groups, say it's an expensive bailout for the nuclear industry that will be financed by ratepayers around the state, as well as public institutions the same ratepayers use, like the MTA and New York City's public housing authority.

These residents claim that the board's officials have repeatedly schemed to use public funds to support private religious institutions and have separated special education by race.

Postdoc Network Editor Laure Haak describes a partnership between the private sector and public institutions that hopes to enhance the quality of research at the selected universities by using generous stipends to attract outstanding postdocs.

The study — conducted by what was then the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the EPA and more than 40 other public, private and academic institutions — singled out as culprits VOCs such as ethylene, a flammable gas used mainly in the production of plastics.

For the next 3 years, any research he conducts using U.S. Public Health Service funds must be done under supervision and must be certified as legitimate by the institution that employs him.

Our products and services are used by Finnish and international authorities, public sector institutions, municipalities and towns, energy producers and industry as well as leading energy and environmental consultancies.

Given the pressing need to better understand this growing public health threat, our team in the Broad Fungal Genomics group (led by Christina Cuomo)-- in partnership with Anastasia Litvintseva at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and institutions around the globe — have examined outbreak isolates using whole - genome sequencing.

A number of states, including California, have passed referenda that prohibit the use of race by schools and other public institutions to distinguish among applicants.

I also used Desk Research method to investigate public discourse about these centres, especially articles published by Polish media and also reports and announcements made by NGO and state institutions.

I use these institution - level data to calculate summary statistics by state, separately for public and private non-profit institutions.

For example, research has shown that a merit - based aid program in Massachusetts that can only be used at in - state, public institutions harmed student outcomes by encouraging students to attend lower - quality institutions.

In this opinion, the New Mexico Attorney General declared that a voucher program under which the parents of exceptional children whose needs were not being met by the public schools could use the funds the school district would otherwise have spent on the children to purchase special education at private, nonsectarian institutions would be consistent with the New Mexico Constitution.

The Maryland Court of Appeals held that using public money to provide transportation for children attending private or parochial schools does not violate Maryland's Compelled Support Clause because religious institutions would be aided only incidentally as the by - product of proper legislative action to secure the education of children.

But the lawsuit which claimed that public monies should not go to a religious institution, was denied by the judge who said, «parents — not state actors — decide whether they will use an education savings account, or ESA, to pay for tuition at private and religiously affiliated schools.»

The Governor's amendment allows the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund to be used to provide temporary emergency assistance funding to the public schools and institutions of higher education to repair damages resulting from a natural disaster declared by the Governor.

For instance, investment in charter schools can redirect the use of public funds to more innovative approaches by changing the institutions through which public funds flow.

In selecting communities to participate in the program, the statute requires DOT to give priority to those communities where (a) average air fares are higher than the air fares for all communities; (b) a portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, non-airport-revenue sources; (c) a public - private partnership has been or will be established to facilitate air carrier service to the public; (d) improved service will bring the material benefits of scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the National air transportation system is limited (e) the assistance will be used in a timely fashion; and, (f) multiple communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one regional airport.

LAND supports dynamic and unconventional artistic practices using a tripartite approach: Commissioning public projects of site - and situation - specific works with national and international contemporary artists Collaborating with a variety of institutions and organizations, such as universities, museums, and theaters as well as other types of spaces, industries, and entities Offering additional programs such as performances, workshops, residencies, discussions, and publications LAND is an ongoing endeavor with three primary types of annual programming: LAND 1.0 projects are large - scale, multi-artist, multi-site exhibitions and single - site group exhibitions, LAND 2.0 projects feature a new commission by a single mid-career or established artist, and LAND 3.0 projects feature new work by lesser known or emerging artists

She is interested in understanding the strategic use of space (exhibition space, public space, virtual space) by contemporary artists and by cultural institutions such as museums.

To think of the street as the ideal location on which the many - faceted, cultural life of the metropolis is shown now seems outdated, but still phrases such as street art and street culture are forever being used by numerous art institutions, generally funded with public money.

These products include a wooden card (which can be used as a credit card, name tag, etc.), paper cups used at coffee franchises and sustainability reports by large companies and public institutions.

These might be best understood by starting from the point of view of the Digital Public Library of America, an online place, as it were, to demonstrate the power of these tools used in collaboration with a number of institutions.

While the public deal broke ground as the country's largest public bond issue, the private placement presented a number of challenges from a legal perspective given the nature of the deal, which was purchased by Egypt's central bank and used as collateral on a series of loans with international financial institutions.

Bill Heinze writes that «The Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress has announced a cost of living adjustment of 4.3 percent in the royalty rates paid by colleges, universities, or other nonprofit educational institutions that are not affiliated with National Public Radio for the use of copyrighted published nondramatic musical compositions in the BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC repertoires.»

Its goal is only to demonstrate some of the technical possibilities of utilizing the private blockchain platform eGaaS, which was created to be used by commercial organizations and public institutions.

By use of other information outside of the blockchain, such as digital currency transactions with real - world companies and financial institutions, or the posting of public addresses on websites, the identity and full transaction history of the user can become compromised.

While Bitcoin's intent was to allow for parties to transact «without going through a financial institution,» the blessing by Wall St. and the U.S. government may be a necessary evil to allow for more widespread use, protection of the public, and eventually more confidence by a wider range of investors.

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The work of the Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre is monitored and facilitated by the Public Council on safer internet use, which includes representatives from the key national, private and non-governmental institutions and organisations, which are working towards building a safer and more positive Internet environment for children and adolescents.

Co-founded by Eastridge and Jeff Arnold, Concord Eastridge (CEI) is a nationally respected leader in public / private and mixed - use development in association with universities and colleges, public entities, not - for - profit organizations and other institutions.