In order to ensure the Pi computers could withstand conditions in the field, Cambridge Consultants subjected them to the extremes of temperature and humidity found in Africa and even simulated attacks by the wild animals they will be helping to photograph.
Mr. Wiltshire said he planned to hire a consultant to subject Restoration to the kind of scrutiny it has not previously encountered.
ABC, which is part of the Walt Disney Company, and other television news organizations pay dozens of experts to serve as consultants on subjects.
The boss and his [union busting] consultant then subject workers to one-on-one interrogation and humiliation sessions all intended to make it clear to the worker that voting "no" is their only option.
Lenders, nonprofits and rehabilitation consultants are all subject to approval by HUD.
It rightly thinks consultants should be subject to the same sort of checks and regulations as other employees.
Aaron Pallas, a professor of sociology and education at Teachers College at Columbia University, said it was becoming more common for school districts to include third-party observers in teacher evaluations — not only to ensure impartiality but also to provide a more comprehensive evaluation by consultants with specialized subject knowledge or experience.
The textbook development has been led by the Afghan Ministry of Education, with technical assistance from Teachers College, Columbia University in the form of five Afghan nationals, two international experts and specialist subject consultants.
"Businesses should work like a living system," said Janine M. Benyus, a science writer who wrote "Biomimicry," published in 1997, and is now a consultant on the subject.
He is a founder of World Monitors, which publishes eMonitors, a weekly e-mail newsletter on business and human rights, and he is a consultant on the subject.
The CE Studio stakeholders are consultants, not research subjects, and are compensated at a rate based on the local average value of volunteer time.
