Concern about hate crimes has become increasingly prominent among policymakers in many nations and at all levels of government in recent years.

Concern rose about claims of unprofessional behavior by staff working in TBS-clinics, and the Dr. S. Van Mesdagkliniek developed a poor reputation over these problems.

Concern about Luxembourg's banking secrecy laws, and its reputation as a tax haven, led in April 2009 to it being added to a " grey list " of nations with questionable banking arrangements by the G20.

Concern about the rapid pace of technological change crystallized around the concept of the technological singularity, popularized by Vernor Vinge's novel Marooned in Realtime and then taken up by other authors.

Hunting and trapping has reduced the species ' range to about one third, though its still relatively widespread range and stable population means that the species is not threatened at a global level, and is therefore classified by the IUCN as Least Concern.

Concern has been voiced about the new contractor's effectiveness in correcting the perceived problems in safety, security and financial management that were cited as the reasons for bidding the contract, and Bechtel's lack of transparency ( as a private corporation ) and increasing control of national nuclear facilities.

Concern stems from a statement of Li's identifying such children as products of " a chaotic situation brought about by mankind " indicative of " the Dharma-ending period ".

Concern about Russia's shrinking population prompted the program.

Concern about the war caused the local Chamber of Commerce to contact two Montana senators, Burton K. Wheeler and James E. Murray and request they consider development of a military installation in Great Falls.

Concern has arisen about the lagging reading and math scores at this school.

Concern about living under British rule led many French settlers to decamp for Missouri, especially with encouragement from Laclede ; upon the arrival of the British at Fort de Chartres in October 1765, St. Ange himself departed for St. Louis, where he took temporary command until Spanish representatives could take official control.

In addition to providing practical support to individuals, Age Concern campaigned on issues such as age discrimination and pensions, and works to influence public opinion and government policy about older people.

Concern about science education and science standards has often been driven by worries that American students lag behind their peers in international rankings.

By mid-1919 about one in seven Bible Students had chosen to leave rather than accept his leadership, and over the following decade they helped formed other groups including the Standfast Movement, the Layman's Home Missionary Movement, the Dawn Bible Students Association, the Pastoral Bible Institute, the Elijah Voice Movement, the Concordat Publishing Concern, and the Eagle Society.

Concern about this conviction was widespread on the basis that the case against George appeared thin.

Concern has arisen about the possible carcinogenicity of the vinyl acetate ( acetic acid ethenyl ester ) used by some manufacturers in their gum bases.

Species of Concern are those species about which the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS ) has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U. S. Endangered Species Act ( ESA ).

Concern about bycatch has led fishermen and scientists to seek ways of reducing unwanted catch.

Concern about obesity and government publicity initiatives such as those by the Food Standards Agency and the National Health Service have encouraged manufacturers to reduce the levels of salt and fat in ready prepared food.

Concern about this led to proposals for safeguards in the debates that led to the Home Rule Act 1914.

Species of Concern are those species about which the U. S. Government ’ s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U. S. Endangered Species Act ( ESA ).

Concern about marijuana was related primarily to the fear that hashish or marijuana use would spread as a substitute for the opiates.

Concern about the flammability of nitrocellulose film resulted in the concentration of film exchanges in this single neighborhood, as a zoning issue.

Concern about coronary ischaemia was addressed, and the uncomfortable fact that 3 % of the polyheme group were reported to suffer myocardial infarction compared to only 1 % in the control group was softened by a claim that a blinded committee of experts were unable to discern a difference between the groups.

Concern about crime on the Green Line stations in southeast D. C. ( Anacostia, Congress Heights, and Southern Avenue ) have existed for a long time, although statistics only partially support these concerns.

Concern about crime at the station led Metro to station additional transit police officers at Anacostia station in the weeks after the station's opening, and D. C. police patrolled the station's parking garage.

Canis lupus is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN, as its relatively widespread range and stable population trend mean that the species, at global level, does not meet, or nearly meet, any of the criteria for the threatened categories.

As a reaction to this many private organizations have formed whistleblower legal defense funds or support groups to assist whistleblowers ; two such examples are the National Whistleblowers Center in the United States and Public Concern at Work in the UK.

Concern for her own health together with the anguish of leaving her husband and children in occupied France was hard to bear and she did make several dangerous visits back to France, enduring detention by German troops at the Swiss border on more than one occasion.

Concern for farm animals is mainly focused on factory farming, where farm animals are raised in confinement at high stocking density.

Numerous Age Concern organisations have been established throughout the UK, working at national and local levels.

Although each was a separate registered charity working under the Age Concern banner, the federation allowed members to collaborate at local, regional and national levels, to share resources, expertise and influence.

In 1986 Age Concern established an Institute of Gerontology at King's College London into which it folded its own Age Concern Research Unit.

In the western Palaearctic, there is evidence of population decline, but at a level below the threshold required for global conservation concern ( i. e., a reduction in numbers of more than 30 % in ten years or three generations ) and the IUCN Red List categorises this species as of " Least Concern ".

While its conservation status is not evaluated by IUCN at present due to non-recognition of the taxon, it is plentiful enough to make it a species of Least Concern if it were ; it is far more plentiful than the Common Teal.

Concern was expressed at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country, violations of civil liberties and expulsion of staff from the International Civilian Mission.

The Water Rail's numbers are declining, but it has a large population of 100, 000 – 1, 000, 000 adults and a huge breeding range estimated at 15, 600, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 6, 000, 000 mi < sup > 2 </ sup >); it is therefore classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The species is not thought to be at risk of extinction and is classed as Least Concern by Birdlife International.

The Goldcrest has a large range, estimated at 13. 2 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 5. 1 million mi < sup > 2 </ sup >) and a total population estimated at 80 – 200 million individuals, and it is therefore classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The bizarre and sinister " Alphabet Business Concern " mythology now began to become a significant part of Cardiacs ' artistic presentation, and the band members would promote and add to it at every opportunity.

Standing for Parliament as an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate at the 2001 general election, Taylor campaigned largely on a single issue, that of restoring the Accident & Emergency department of Kidderminster Hospital, which had been closed in 2000 due to cuts in the NHS.

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* Secure ( G5 ), a NatureServe conservation status, similar to Least Concern, indicating a species is not at risk of extinction

The buffalo is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN " as the species remains widespread, with a global population estimated at nearly 900, 000 animals, of which more than three-quarters are in protected areas.