Hence, it confronts the assumption that individual behavior is independent of any others, but instead conceives "problem-solving as a collaborative effort in which a network of actors, including both state and non-state organizations, play a part" [4].2.
The metaphors we use shape how we conceive of problems and by extension conceive of solutions.
Political scientist Fred Greenstein wrote of "Eisenhower's capacity to think organizationally--to conceive policy problems in terms of the formal and informal group processes through which they could best be clarified and implemented".
Gail let slip to Tracy that Becky has problems conceiving but made her promise not to say anything.
TO THE one British couple in seven that has problems conceiving, twins sound like a dream come true.
Fertility treatment is big business in the UK, where it's estimated that one in six couples experience problems conceiving, so it's not surprising that scientists are sceptical of a growing fringe industry of "miracle" remedies.
Now, they have come together, principally Ned with his wife Nina who is having problems conceiving; Elliott who wants to take Douglas's place as head of the group; Joris who has endured two divorces and frequents prostitutes and Gruen, whose main problem seems to be that he's put on weight.
Around one in every seven heterosexual couples in the UK who are trying for a baby experience problems conceiving a child.
Last year, researchers led by reproductive endocrinologist Carolyn Coulam of the Rinehart Center for Reproductive Medicine in Evanston, Illinois, found an association between women carrying certain variations of p53 and problems conceiving, but the mechanism was unclear.
Beyond the analytics component of the company's work, which may more accurately predict the success rate associated with the range of different treatment options available to women with problems conceiving, Beim envisions services for women to plan their pregnancies using the genetic information that will be available to them.
