It means, for example, that they can't afford Internet service in their homes, an obstacle to communication and an obstacle to applying for a job.
Previously, the company entered the Japanese market and repeatedly ran into obstacles like communication breakdowns, cultural missteps and missed deadlines.
"The tabloid virus is one of the biggest obstacles to communication between politicians and the electorate and the tabloid virus has spread out to the [broadsheets].
Obstacles to communication should not, however, be exaggerated; the mountains also offer many natural connecting links, or passes, that facilitate movement.
In Kwai Tsing, access to primary care remains critical, compounded by a relatively large ageing population and obstacles to communication.
In Tuen Mun, the size of the elderly population, number of institutionalized elderly, and obstacles to communication constitute key factors that make for CAs with greater social vulnerability.
Those metrics are then used as inputs of a fuzzy system so as to systematically adjust the RDPSO parameters (i.e., outputs of the fuzzy system), thus improving its convergence rate, susceptibility to obstacles and communication constraints.
In Wong Tai Sin, the presence of a large segment of residents who are elderly, often afflicted with a disability, and frequently encounter obstacles to communication are the three factors that differentiate high SVI CAs from others.
Obstacles to communication included unavailability.
Our understanding of the obstacles to communication and collaboration was greatly expanded by the DAWN2 study.
Family members are also provided a means to safely overcome obstacles to communication, which may include cultural or family prohibitions against burdening others with expressions of strong feelings or needs, symptoms of emotional numbing, avoidance and withdrawal related to depression or traumatic stress, or reticence on the part of service members to talk about extreme experiences.
