However, although the CFA program is based on self study, it is arduous, requiring a commitment of four years and 1,000 study hours (on average) to complete it.
Part of the schoolboy's training was a commitment to arduous physical activity, and, by the late 19th century, rugby and cricket had become the leading sports that developed the "civilized" manly behaviour of the elite.
Even though the equity gap is large, and the process of addressing these issues looms lengthy and arduous, we cannot ignore our commitment to global health.
Because of its wider scope and attached financial commitments it was also more arduous to implement and perhaps also more contested by different stakeholders despite the support of the law per se, including parts of the public that still may not see the benefits of the different schemes.
It can be a long, arduous process that requires introspection and conversation, then a commitment to act.
3. Commitment: Development in the life sciences is long and arduous.
Furthermore, if the protocol is overly arduous to implement (e.g., requiring substantial time or resource commitments from the clinician or their organisation) clinicians are unlikely to recruit a large number of patients (Hjorth et al, 1996; Ellis et al, 1999; Grunfeld et al, 2002; Weinberg et al, 2004; Tournoux et al, 2006; Fayter et al, 2007).
Arduous diplomacy in the first years of the Clinton Administration confirmed these commitments; South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina also voluntarily gave up their nuclear weapons programs; and the five acknowledged nuclear powers signed a test-ban treaty.
Danchev's energy was phenomenal: his commitment to teaching, for which he won several awards, remained intense despite his stream of publications, arduous administrative duties and membership of august editorial boards.
