Sentences with phrase «early efforts centered»

Early efforts centered on defining how HIV - specific CD4 + T cells contribute to control of viral infection.

And so early efforts centered on making sure the gas tank was filled — priming the immune system with cytokines (such as the interleukins) or with immune - signaling proteins like interferon to rev up the tumor - fighting response.

Not exact matches

At the center of the suit is a former Alphabet executive, Anthony Levandowski, who led its early efforts in developing self - driving technology.

Early in the century «day nurseries» were provided for immigrant children, and day - care centers sprang up during both world wars to accommodate the children of women working to support the war efforts.

The endorsement comes after Cuomo rallied with nurses earlier in April following the successful effort to unionize at Albany Medical Center.

At the center of the story of Trump's early days in the White House is a president determined to go big but increasingly frustrated by the efforts of his small team to contain the backlash.

«While lifestyle change is never easy, these findings suggest that eating earlier in the day may be worth the effort to help prevent these detrimental chronic health effects,» said Kelly Allison, PhD, an associate professor of psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, and senior author on the study.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook) transferred the animals — Hercules and Leo — back to the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana (NIRC) in early December, but the animal rights group behind the legal effort has vowed to keep fighting to release them from captivity.

One effort in that direction that is still under development, says Harris, is a move to have early - career scientists from other Duke departments receive joint appointments in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing.

The State University of New York at Stony Brook transferred the animals — Hercules and Leo — back to the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana in early December, but the animal rights group behind the legal effort has vowed to keep fighting to release them from captivity.

Modern conservation efforts tend to center around large animals — such as tigers, elephants, and wolves — and top predators in peril, while Roopnarine and Angielczyk show that small amniotes (reptiles and ancient mammal relatives) were most vulnerable during the early phase of this long - ago period of extinction.

In addition to assistance with both paper and online applications, 60 percent of health centers reported that as of early October, when enrollment assistance was just getting under way, they were helping with documentation efforts as well.

Using data from a nationwide survey, conducted in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers, the authors examined the early outreach and enrollment efforts of 606 community health centers across the United States.

The three - year «Project on Adolescent Literacy,» conducted by the center for early adolescence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examined efforts by school districts and community agencies to combat illiteracy in that age group.

Tired of living in the only Southern state without a publicly financed program of early - childhood education, business leaders across Mississippi have launched a three - year pilot effort to improve the educational quality of child - care centers and better prepare children for school.

After an intensive one - year strategic planning process, the Center on the Developing Child focuses its efforts on three core areas of greatest potential for impact: (1) reducing developmental barriers to learning; (2) strengthening the early childhood foundations of lifelong physical and mental health; and (3) enhancing the economic and social stability of the environment of relationships in which young children develop.

For example, IES provides the foundations of factual information and research with the collection of clear, consistent, high - quality data through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).1 It is through the efforts of IES, which conducts its work free from political influence, that we are able to understand trends in our student populations, schools and universities, and an array of inputs and outcomes that span early childhood to adult education.

In an effort to be more proactive in identifying students» needs and providing them with appropriate services, growing numbers of schools and districts have adopted early warning indicators (EWIs), often drawing on the work of organizations such as the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins and the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

She brought her passion for working with young children to become a national advocate and served as Executive Director of the Center for the Child Care Workforce where she led efforts to improve the quality of working conditions for educators in early learning settings.

Understanding the importance of early learning to children's educational success, Miami - Dade County Public Schools (M - DCPS) Office of Early Childhood Programs partnered with the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning to augment its efforts to improve teacher quality in prekindergarten classrearly learning to children's educational success, Miami - Dade County Public Schools (M - DCPS) Office of Early Childhood Programs partnered with the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning to augment its efforts to improve teacher quality in prekindergarten classrEarly Childhood Programs partnered with the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning to augment its efforts to improve teacher quality in prekindergarten classrooms.

Despite BMW's best efforts to liven things up a bit with that gloss black trim we mentioned earlier, it's not exactly an exciting place to spend time in, and the cabin design is starting to show its age a bit now — especially when compared with the rather classy center console layout on the Mercedes - Benz C - Class.

Some of the criteria established by the NASFAA Monograph include: loan cost, quality of customer service, problem resolution (responsiveness to complaints), lender default rates and lender default aversion efforts (including early intervention), ease of loan certification process, 24/7/365 availability to borrowers, disbursement flexibility, loan products offered (Stafford Loan, Parent PLUS Loan, Grad PLUS Loan, Private Student Loan, Consolidation Loan), borrower preferences for national and local lenders, life of loan servicing, entrance and exit counseling, financial literacy and debt management counseling, clarity and accuracy of lender marketing materials and web site, protection of borrower privacy, response time for processing loan applications, and quality of lender toll free telephone numbers and call centers (e.g., hold times and complexity of phone menus).

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jesuits led efforts to redress the elitist, urban - centered biases of postprimary education that perpetuated not only social inequality, but also the historical dominance of Belize City over its primarily rural hinterland.

The quirky (and clearly illegal) «art bar» reprised an earlier effort, by four Austrian artists - in - residence at the MAK Center, to turn one of the carports in Rudolph Schindler's modernist, Mid-City apartment building into an approximate replica of Vienna's Adolf Loos - designed American Bar.

In Chicago in the early 1970s, we had our own third and best - known generation of alternative spaces (each city can claim its own artist - run history, probably with a fair share of boosterism thrown in), such as ARC, Artemisia (both were feminist galleries formed from West - East Bag, a nationwide network of women artists), and N.A.M.E., with the much - heralded Randolph Street Gallery opening in 1979.7 This is not to mention still - running artist - driven efforts such as the Hyde Park Art Center, founded in 1948, and the South Side Community Art Center, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day inCenter, founded in 1948, and the South Side Community Art Center, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day inCenter, the only surviving Federal Arts Center from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day inCenter from the WPA era and the oldest African American art center in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day incenter in the country, famously dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt on opening day in 1940.

Kimberly Prather and colleagues from the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) carried out the study, in an effort to understand the earlier inconsistent findings.

First, a vintage explanation of what was an early effort to tie the medical science aspect of the situation to physical science, from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Press Release «Scientists Call on Journals to Disclose Authors» Conflicts of Interest», February 4, 2002:

Government - led efforts that are less obviously related — such as detailed geological surveys and the defense - related expenditures described earlier that enabled the U.S. - centered information - technology revolution, which has in turn created the capacity to more rapidly develop «smart drilling» technology — have clearly also been important.

Over 400 early childhood professionals and advocates joined with us at the Albuquerque Convention Center to celebrate and learn about the accomplishments of the Race To the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant over the past 5 years, as well as look forward to what it's going to take to sustain these efforts into the future and to expand on the gains early childhood professionals and advocates joined with us at the Albuquerque Convention Center to celebrate and learn about the accomplishments of the Race To the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant over the past 5 years, as well as look forward to what it's going to take to sustain these efforts into the future and to expand on the gains Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant over the past 5 years, as well as look forward to what it's going to take to sustain these efforts into the future and to expand on the gains made.

The Early Childhood Workforce Index, published by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, is the first effort to establish a baseline description of early childhood employment conditions and policies in every state, based on measurable status and policy indicaEarly Childhood Workforce Index, published by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, is the first effort to establish a baseline description of early childhood employment conditions and policies in every state, based on measurable status and policy indicaearly childhood employment conditions and policies in every state, based on measurable status and policy indicators.

Gerwin (2013) Harvard University, Center on the Developing Child Examines Federal research efforts on the science of early childhood development and the use of home - visiting Early Head Start programs to build responsive caregiving and help alleviate the effects of toxic stearly childhood development and the use of home - visiting Early Head Start programs to build responsive caregiving and help alleviate the effects of toxic stEarly Head Start programs to build responsive caregiving and help alleviate the effects of toxic stress.

And I want to thank the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center and the Office of Special Education Programs for sponsoring this, what we think is a very important webinar, a part of our efforts to elevate and shine a light on the issues around inclusion, especially in the preschool years.

The Fred Rogers Center supports the fields of child development, early education, and children's media through research and reporting efforts on critical issues.

The University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development is evaluating the MIECHV effort, looking at mindfulness, self - regulation, and burnout to see if staff who receive reflective practice support stay in their jobs longer.

Another example of an early online transaction effort is the Transaction Support Center launched by Real Estate Business Services Inc., a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® in Los Angeles.