Ongoing research in the pediatric / neonatal community has begun to associate apnea-like breathing cessations in animal models with unusual neural architecture or signal transduction in central pattern generator circuits, including the pre-Bötzinger complex.

Ongoing campaign by WoW fan sites to boycott gold ads on their sites is just one of several community efforts to raise awareness against crackers.

Ongoing research collaborations, student internship programs, reciprocal seminar series, and cooperative community and educational outreach projects are just a few of the ways the Laboratory and the campus share the talents, facilities, and resources of each other.

Ongoing efforts at revitalization include efforts by the business community to improve safety by hiring private security ; looking at new marketing promotions and introducing residential units into the neighbourhood by restoring and renovating some of the heritage buildings.

Ongoing reviews of strata and community titles legislation are common in all Australian jurisdictions as governments try to meet the demands of home unit owners for resolution of the various problems of communal living.

Ongoing ethnographic studies of STEM are producing results intended to help schools better understand the universal structure that supports STEM delivery systems and how to successfully grow and sustain the necessary community and public networks that support it.

Her environmentalism has been especially well received ; several episodes featuring her have won Genesis and Environmental Media Awards, including a special " Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award " in 2001.

Ongoing marketing research programs provide information on controllable and non-controllable factors and consumers ; this information enhances the effectiveness of decisions made by marketing managers.

Ongoing political difficulties with England after the English Restoration led to the revocation of the colonial charter in 1684 ; King James II established the Dominion of New England in 1686 to bring all of the New England colonies under firmer crown control.

Ongoing criminal proceedings against the said individual in courts does not disqualify the person from membership of the Lok Sabha ; however this must be clearly mentioned while filing the affidavit to the Election Commission.

Ongoing problems, both personal and financial, continued to cause instability within the band ; in June 2005, Ryan Banwell was sacked as bassist and replaced by the returning Mike Smith.

Ongoing Legion campaigns include calls for more research into: Gulf War syndrome and compensation for its victims ; upgrading of War Pensions ; the extension of endowment mortgage compensation for British military personnel serving overseas ; and better support for British military personnel resettling into civilian life.

* Middle East Official Texts on the United States Embassy official site ( Hyperlinks ; see Ongoing Peace Efforts 1998 ( Archived documents )

* " Thomas Merton: The Ongoing Story ; A Vow of Conversation ( Book Review ).

Ongoing improvements at the end of the 20th century include the reconstruction of basketball, tennis, and bocce courts ; of baseball fields ; and of Lenape Playground at Avenue U. A new nature center opened in 2000.

The `` overseas '' democracies have generally encouraged the European unification movement without seriously considering the wisdom of their own full participation in a broader Atlantic community.

These values give direction to the life of the middle-class man or woman, dictating the methods of child rearing, determining the pattern of community participation, setting the style for the psychiatric treatment of middle-class illness, and informing the congregational life of the major denominations.

In itself there is nothing wrong with this form of `` participation '': the only difficulty on the Catholic campus is that those faculty members who are in a position to implement policy, i.e., members of the religious community which owns and administers the institution, have their own eating arrangements.

Chicano identity has expanded from its political origins to incorporate a broader community vision of social integration and nonpartisan political participation.

The fortunes of individuals, whether possessed by acquisition or by descent or in virtue of a participation in the goods of some community, were no part of the creditor's security, expressed or implied ... he public, whether represented by a monarch or by a senate, can pledge nothing but the public estate ; and it can have no public estate except in what it derives from a just and proportioned imposition upon the citizens at large.

In this sense, citizenship was described as " a bundle of rights -- primarily, political participation in the life of the community, the right to vote, and the right to receive certain protection from the community, as well as obligations.

" Active citizenship " is the philosophy that citizens should work towards the betterment of their community through economic participation, public, volunteer work, and other such efforts to improve life for all citizens.

The current student voice effort echoes past school reform initiatives focusing on parent involvement, community involvement, and other forms of participation in schools.

Nonprofit organizations such as Adaptive Action Sports seek to increase awareness of the participation in action sports by members of the disabled community, as well as increase access to the adaptive technologies that make participation possible and to competitions such as The X Games.

Canada – Japan relations are underpinned by their partnership in multilateral institutions: the G-7 / 8 ; the United Nations ; the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Quad ( Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States ), and by their common interest in the Pacific community, including participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ( APEC ) and the ASEAN Regional Forum ( ARF ).

" Following Oracle Corporation's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009 – 2010, Oracle has described itself as the " steward of Java technology with a relentless commitment to fostering a community of participation and transparency ".

Many lesbian communities are centered in bars, and drinking is an activity that correlates to community participation for lesbians and bisexual women.

On occasion, opposing trade unions clashed on this day, so in 1972, Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley promoted Labour Day as a showcase for the importance of labour to the development of Jamaica, and a day of voluntary community participation to beneficial projects.

The rise of corporate agricultural structures directly affects small rural communities, resulting in decreased populations, decreased incomes for some segments, increased income inequality, decreased community participation, fewer retailed outlets and less retail trade, and increased environmental pollution.

Such participation was further reinforced by Muhammad who stated, " My community will never agree in error ".

Reaction to the influence of Save Our Children and the Briggs Initiative in the gay community was so significant that it has been called the second Stonewall for many activists, marking their initiation into political participation.

# Special talents, achievements and awards in a particular field, such as visual and performing arts, communication or athletic endeavors ; special skills, such as demonstrated written and oral proficiency in other languages ; special interests, such as intensive study and exploration of other cultures ; experiences that demonstrate unusual promise for leadership, such as significant community service or significant participation in student government ; or other significant experiences or achievements that demonstrate the student's promise for contributing to the intellectual vitality of a campus.

Repeated themes include participation in processions of the dead or large feasts, often presided over by a horned male deity or a female divinity who teaches magic and gives prophecies ; and participation in battles against evil spirits, " vampires ", or " witches " to win fertility and prosperity for the community.

While this was claimed to be the fork of XFree86, Keith Packard later refined this to " a forum for community participation in X ".

" He sketches a ' sustainable ' city's features: compact, efficient land use ; less automobile use, yet better access ; efficient resource use ; less pollution and waste ; the restoration of natural systems ; good housing and living environments ; a healthy social ecology ; a sustainable economy ; community participation and involvement ; and preservation of local culture and wisdom.

Collaborative planning is a method designed to empower stakeholders by elevating them to the level of decision-makers through direct engagement and dialogue between stakeholders and public agencies, to solicit ideas, active involvement, and participation in the community planning process.

Citizen participation in planning tourism can contribute to building a successful program that enhances the community.

" In these cases, organized community groups seek accountability from elected officials and increased direct representation within decision-making bodies.

Such groups facilitate and encourage consensus decision-making with a focus on the general health of the community rather than a specific interest group.

Simon's contributions to research in the area of decision-making have become increasingly mainstream in the business community thanks to the growth of management consulting.

Experiences in Portland and Seattle have demonstrated that successful collaborative planning depends on a number of interrelated factors: the process must be truly inclusive, with all stakeholders and affected groups invited to the table ; the community must have final decision-making authority ; full government commitment ( of both financial and intellectual resources ) must be manifest ; participants should be given clear objectives by planning staff, who facilitate the process by providing guidance, consultancy, expert opinions, and research ; and facilitators should be trained in conflict resolution and community organization.

As such, grassroots organizations exist in contrast to so-called participatory systems, which tend to allow individuals equal access to decision-making irrespective of their standing in a local community, or which particular community they reside in.

The difference between the three systems comes down to where they rest on two different axes: the rootedness in a community ( i. e. grassroots versus national or international ); and the ability of all individuals to participate in the decision-making process ( i. e. participatory versus representative.

Restructuring and disciplining Yaqui society to provide economic security and military preparedness, José instituted a system of taxation, external trade control, revived the practice introduced by the Jesuits of community work on commonly held lands, and institutionalized tribal tradition of popular assemblies and decision-making bodies, all the while storing up war material.

Healing by reintegration of offenders into the community, strives to restore harmony, health, and well-being by comprising personal accountability, decision-making and the putting right of harm.

The general management of dementia includes referral to community services, judgment and decision-making regarding legal and ethical issues ( e. g., driving, capacity, advance directives ), and consideration of caregiver stress.

Since so much information must be gathered for the overall decision-making process to succeed, technology may provide important forces leading to the type of empowerment needed for participatory models, especially those technological tools that enable community narratives and correspond to the accretion of knowledge.

They also develop leadership skills and provide opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to Club and community and celebrating our national heritage.

* Anti-Corruption Program – implemented jointly with the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation the Anti-Corruption Program aims at reducing the scale of the corruption problem in Poland by fostering attitude shifts amongst citizens with respect to everyday corruption, advocating new legislation to ensure transparency of decision-making and organizing permanent community pressure on the government to enforce anti-corruption laws and regulations.

Ideally the decision-making processes under such an approach would be a collaborative approach to planning and decision making that involves a broad range of stakeholders across all relevant governmental departments, as well as representatives of industry, environmental groups and community.

Member groups are then able to participate in and benefit from the global community the IWA provides and can vote in its highest decision-making event, the International Congress, which is currently held once every two years.

The Leadership, Ethics, and Social Action Minor at Indiana University-Bloomington focuses on civic participation, community decision-making, and citizenship skills: how to communicate and organize and lead while serving as a citizen.

However, a " hybrid model " that uses the internet to allow for greater government transparency and community participation in decision-making is on the horizon.

The knowledge community, those responsible for providing the best scientific advice on which risk management decisions depend, were also encountering difficulties in meeting the demands for factual certainty ; where this was clearly established, there were problems in communicating the knowledge to the decision-making community.

Thus, Mjaft !’ s mission is to increase active citizenship, strengthen the sense of community, promote responsible governance and improve the image of Albania globally through: ( i ) encouraging citizen participation in decision-making by influencing and monitoring policies at both the local and national level ; ( ii ) promoting volunteerism and improving cooperation within communities ; rehabilitating the concept of protest.

From the 1960s onwards there was a growing demand for greater consideration of community opinions in major decision-making.

It involves collaborative decision-making and design without traditional involvement from local government or professionals but instead runs on volunteers from the community.

As our societies become more complex, information with a spatial position associated with it becomes more critical to decision-making, both from a personal and a business perspective, and also from a community and a large-scale governmental viewpoint.