Ogunyoku is a research scientist with IBM Research Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, one of only 12 global research labs in IBM's portfolio, where "I address grand challenges in Africa and develop solutions that affect people's lives," she says.
Several recent studies clearly show that noise abatement at the source (i.e., vehicles and track) are to be preferred over solutions that affect noise propagation (e.g., barriers) or noise reception (façade insulation) when it comes to overall life cycle cost.
Or, as he said more pointedly in his speech: "If the administration and the Congress could agree as recently as two weeks ago on legislation that affects 1 percent of taxpayers, surely it can process a solution that affects 0.2 percent of the nation's banks and is less complex and far more effective than Dodd-Frank".
One could think that a solution that affects an overall large area (high TAA) will also affect a large area at one instant of time (high MIA).
Satterthwaite says these local efforts to document and map informal settlements are symbolic of how members of poor urban communities are best-placed to offer solutions to problems that affect them, but these efforts are not fully recognised.
The Commission allows participants to voice concerns and propose solutions on issues that affect older adults.
I met many kids who were enthusiastic about using STEM in coming up with solutions to problems that affect our world.
The truth is, absent explicit political agreement, there is something very illegitimate about having a few individuals impose solutions on disputes that affect the interests of millions of people (or 1.4 plus billion as the case may be with China).
What is important is that they identify and present solutions to the issues that affect all people of color in our country.
In contrast, Nuttall will talk relentlessly about standing up for the English and putting the "great" back into Britain, while claiming to have the solutions to "the issues that affect real people in real working-class communities".
In Bangladesh, where about 40% of the population is under 18, the initiative seeks to create a space for young people to raise their concerns, share their aspirations and – by suggesting solutions – contribute to decisions that affect their lives, says Edouard Beigbeder, the Unicef representative in Bangladesh.
