Since these benchmarks, historians and philosophers of science have given increasing focus to ethics as an evolutionary issue.
The recent promotion of Raffaele Jerusalmi, from head of the derivatives and fixed income business to director of capital markets (which includes both derivatives and equity) certainly raises the possibility that derivatives and fixed income will be given increasing focus by the group.
I sincerely hope that the Asia Society will also be giving increased and focused attention to art of the larger Islamic world.
As we hypothesized that the PPV may have improved over the years, given the increasing focus on bacteremia and sepsis through actions like Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines, we stratified by calendar period (1994 1998, 1999 2003, 2004 2008, and 2009 2012).
Given the increasing focus on immune paresis as a possible mechanism in severe sepsis and septic shock, this is an interesting observation [ 26].
Given the increasing focus on small target populations (for example molecular subtypes of breast cancer), clinical trial strategies for effective patient stratification or selection based on molecular characteristics are required to allow routine integration into large-scale clinical trials.
Given the increasing focus in schools on academic achievement in response to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, after-school programs may be uniquely positioned to provide children with an outlet for pursuing a variety of activities that support their development.
The priority research questions identified in this review are timely, given the increasing focus in global health on newborn survival and health, within the context of an integrated continuum of care from pregnancy, childbirth, the postnatal period and beyond, across all levels of service delivery.
Given the increasing focus on requiring inter-service collaborations, funders need to understand and act on the knowledge that the human and financial cost implications of a dysfunctional arrangement due to an immature partnership may be far greater than the initial outlay of resources devoted to building a collaboration based on mutual trust, equity, benefit and genuine interest.
As a considerable proportion of new scientific knowledge can only be applied in and emerge from processes that are underpinned by human values and societal contexts, and given the heightened political importance of reducing health care costs, it may be timely to give an increasing focus and commitment to consumer involvement in health and medical research in Australia.
