Sentences with phrase «who challenged population»

I'm sure you're fans of Julian Simon, the man who challenged population doomsayers by saying human minds were the «ultimate resource.»

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That last step is the most important, but also one of the most challenging because «when you try to sample a large population of people who you already know have a certain disease, like cancer, it's really difficult to pinpoint all the different biomarkers that will make you fairly sure of the person's illness is detected regardless of environmental conditions,» he says.

«If this is true, it will be a real challenge for the polling industry to figure out how do we account for what seems to be an anti-establishment segment of the population who won't talk to pollsters,» he continued.

With an aim to build more listener and client connections, SCA's main challenges were how to monetize community insights with advertising clients, as well as reach regional Australian listeners who make up 36 % of the Australian population.

If the Christian faith, the fellowship of the church, the significance of prayer and worship, the challenge of Christian service are important for that large segment of the population that fall in the range between 80 and 120, then it is important for these two youngsters who happen to be above and below that group.

The military services, with their predominantly young male population, would pose a major challenge to gay men who might wish to arrest their behavior.

For ninety - nine percent of the population who have never questioned if they are male or female because their gender identity aligns with their biological sex, I challenge you in the same way Jesus challenged his disciples — try to wrap your brain around the fact that not everyone is wired as you are; you are in the fortunate majority that somehow beat the odds in the crap - shoot of gender identity.

WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin, who is also a 12.3 Champion added: «In a world of dwindling resources and population increases, future generations are set to face challenges in supplying demand.

«These are a population of people who have a variety of challenges in their lives as they go into pregnancy and move forward.

What is extremely difficult to pin down and, according to him, the greatest challenge for accurate polling is determining who is actually likely to vote in any given election, both among the respondents, and how that maps out to the larger population.

The state's «population decline, economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & [Cuomo's] closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge» the gov's boast, tweeted Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who hopes to unseat Cuomo in November.

That's because the law is being challenged by some Senate Republicans, who could lose population (and thus clout in Albany) if the measure is adhered too.

«Our street homeless population is largely people who have mental health challenges and we need to approach that differently than we have in the past,» Bratton said.

Whether this now prompts legal challenges or referendums, Andrew Cuomo will now be forever marked as the governor who politically forced a gay marriage law on the people of New York State without bothering to draw a more honest consensus from the population.

The Governor says the new center will set up two justice mechanisms, «One, for really serious offenses, a special prosecutor who can bring criminal charges, specializing in justice area dealing with justice population and becoming expert in the challenges that are presented here.»

While an increase in population from 6.8 billion today to closer to 10 billion by mid-century will make sustainable living on the planet a challenge, especially since the bulk of that growth will be among those living in poverty who have a moral claim to economic development, the real problem may not be human numbers so much as human behavior.

«It is also clear that our efforts to enhance employee welfare and support are meeting with success and they are saving lives and they are serving as a model for other companies with large employee populations who face similar challenges.»

«Singapore is facing the challenge of a rapidly aging population and we are certainly seeing more elderly who turn up at the SGH Emergency Department after falls.

«Our biggest problem is finding time to do lab - based science,» says Richard Aguilera, a former principal who four years ago decided to return to the classroom, «and our large ethnic population [the Hmong of Southeast Asia] poses a special challenge.

Presumably Stephan is challenging Gary to address some of the populations who seem to refute his hypothesis: Asian populations that have become more obese while dropping carbs from 75 % to 50 % of diet, or the Pima who remained lean on a high - carb diet for centuries.

Thanks to generous donors and community support many of are community classes are sponsored; this allows access to populations who otherwise may not be able to reach the information due financials challenges.

It doesn't mean you can't do it, I'm just saying that a yoga teacher who herself is a golf enthusiast and can intimately relate to the mechanics and physical and mental challenges of the game will most likely be better qualified to offer specific programs or services to this population.

«A Quiet Place» is an amusing title for what turns out to be a meticulously muscle - clenching exercise in gimmicky horror, the type that imagines a future population terrorized by sight - challenged predators who hunt by human noise.

Even with those broader classifications, we still are aware of a large population of «at risk» students — those who clearly have challenges, but because they don't fit easily into a diagnostic profile, are left without any assistance whatsoever.

Thats because even with a constant influx of new students and the challenges of a population with limited English proficiency who also need remediation in basic skills, the school has seen success.

Sachs and his colleagues train members of the Community Partnership Councils to accurately administer surveys, so it is the members themselves (the working parents, the child - care employees, and teachers who are tending challenging populations of kids for little pay) who are actually collecting the data.

Research [1] has proved that diabetes and liver disease occurs more frequently in the Hispanic population, whereas Asians are more susceptible to Hepatitis B. Medical and pharmaceutical professionals who are culturally aware can deal with these challenges effectively.

The more innovative a school and outstanding its results, the more impossible replicating it looks to educators elsewhere who are struggling with challenging student populations, limited resources, and unimaginative administrations.

In the case of Rwandan refugees who are estimated at 1 600 (0.5 % of the global Rwandan refugee population), 4 protection challenges do not only emanate from socio - economic exclusion but also from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s recommendation that said Rwandan refugee status be revoked through the invocation of cessation clause in accordance with Articles 1C (5) and 1C (6) of the 1951 Refugee Convention.5 Added to this challenge are also those of insecurity, fear and terror, caused by an unending hunting down of Rwandan refugees who live in South Africa and elsewhere.

The school is actually focusing on many of the programs that FCPS used to provide to at - risk populations, such as an extended school day and year, which can be critical for students who need more time to master challenging content.

Thomas Hatch (p. 16) discusses one challenge that leaders who want to be transformers face: managing outside influences — from new assessment requirements to shifts in student population to budget cuts to puddles on the playground.

Elementary educators who serve low - income populations understand the challenges posed by these issues; at - risk students frequently enter kindergarten significantly behind their peers and require extensive catch - up.

Massachusetts charter schools bill themselves in television ads as golden opportunities for disadvantaged students trapped in failing district schools, but charters often leave behind one of the most challenging student populations to teach: those who lack fluency in English.

Despite this success, the charter sector faces future challenges: further improving student achievement; serving more students with disabilities, English language learners and other under - served populations; and building the capacity to serve the one million - plus students already on waiting lists and the millions more who deserve higher - quality education.

Teacher education programs face the challenge and responsibility of preparing highly qualified, fully certified teachers who are capable of teaching a wide range of literacy skills to an increasingly diverse student population.

We have aimed to provide insight into the «habits of mind» that characterize teachers who are able to combine high content knowledge and good pedagogy into forms that engage challenging student populations.

INSECURITIES: TRACING DISPLACEMENT AND SHELTER The global refugee crisis has created challenges for architects and designers who must determine how to house this growing population.

While they form a counterpoint to the disenfranchised, often poorly educated, and marginalized Muslims living in France, Germany, and England (who now make up between 5 and 10 percent of the population in those countries), they share with them a recognition that the traditional boundaries between the Middle East and the West have become blurred and that this has created a confusing and challenging environment.

Much less challenging, and high profile, is the need, in a world heading toward nine billion people, to figure out how to make everything that's been learned about drought, floods, and other climate - related risks useful to the majority of the human population — people in Niger and Bangladesh who face such risks every day right now, with or without whatever climate destabilization is coming from the ongoing buildup of greenhouse gases.

This means that an already difficult challenge for resident populations and those who care about them (for whatever reason, including moral, humanitarian or national security) will be likely be made more challenging by human climate change if the greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced significantly.

But as with all decision making approaches, the a challenge for MCA and methods like it is the subjective choices that have to be made about what weights to attach to all the relevant criteria that go into the analysis, including how the adaptation measure being studied impacts poor or vulnerable populations, or how fair it is in the distribution of who pays compared to who benefits.

As this huge section of the population gets older and faces new health challenges there will need to be trained professionals who are capable of providing care.

Students who are unresponsive to school - wide and targeted instructions comprise about 5 % of a school's population and present the toughest challenge to the daily operations of a school (Horner and Sugai, 2002; Sugai et al., 2000; Walker et al., 1996).

One THV community had a large Burmese population settle in the area, and finding home visitors who could translate was a challenge.

In addition, a host of environmental factors, such as chaotic living conditions, may interfere with the developing attachment relationship, particularly when intervening with families from high - risk populations who face multiple personal and environmental challenges.

Vance, who now works with Ackley Counseling and Employment Services as a Certified Employment Support Professional counseling people with disabilities, has spent much of his adult life working with challenged populations.

Task forces and special projects are commenced, reported and revisited as AFCC members face challenges and know there are more solutions in a such a diverse population of professionals who continue to search for new and better solutions to the challenges facing families in transition.

Australia's population is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse in the world, which presents a range of challenges and opportunities for early childhood educators who care for diverse groups of young children and their families.

She works with all ages and populations with a passion for those suffering from severe and persistent mental challenges, women with a history of sexual trauma and adolescents and young adults who are struggling with self - identity and independence.

Children who come to the attention of the juvenile justice system are a challenging and underserved population, with high rates of exposure to trauma.