Finally, we would like thank NSW Ministry of Health for their ongoing commitment to funding applied research through the NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grants Scheme.
Environmentalism needs an ecological science of complex systems, but its development is hindered by over-commitment of attention and resources to the applied problems.
Implementing evidence-based obstetric care in African countries with scarce resources is particularly challenging, and requires an understanding of the cumulative nature of science and commitment to applying the most up to date evidence to clinical decisions.
But changing established practice is a slow and incremental process that requires an understanding of the cumulative nature of science, and commitment to applying the most up to date evidence to clinical decisions [ 7].
Restoring the world's confidence in the United States' commitment to the rule of law requires applying our most fundamental principles of justice in every case, not just when doing so is easy.
Law enforcement officials, the judiciary, teachers, child welfare professionals and others who work with children need to be trained and supported to fully understand the content and significance of new laws and regulations, to develop commitment to the changes involved, and to apply them.
A strong commitment to both applied and pure research and increased efforts to bring together disciplines, across all research domains.
At its best, evangelicals' commitment to applying the "Christian worldview" to every dimension of life has led young people to "reflect on their deepest beliefs" in a manner that "lacks a secular counterpart," Stephens and Giberson write.
If voluntary commitment to apply the proposed measures cannot be relied on, action may need to be taken by the public before real improvements are made.
Upshaw left the school, in part, because he was frustrated with the administration's commitment to a broadly applied quota system that he felt undermined his efforts to recruit more students of color.
