Sentences with phrase «use focused activities»

Use focused activities: When reading texts that present students with a sliding glass door, how do we engage them in rich, meaningful discussion?

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One research project, for example, focuses on using robots to recognize the facial reactions of Parkinson's Disease patients who have lost the ability to convey emotion to others because of reduced muscle activity.

Halverson and Morrow - Howell use research and psychological theory to hypothesize that as humans see their time on Earth running out, they seek to focus their energy on activities that are emotionally fulfilling.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has been vocal about bitcoin's ability to aid criminals, telling CNBC in Davos in January his main focus on cryptocurrencies is «to make sure that they're not used for illicit activities.»

A spokesperson for PayPal told Bloomberg that the company is «intensely focused on combatting and preventing the illicit use of our services» and working with law enforcement to stop illegal activity.

Without these humanizing activities outside of work and time to focus on them, engineers are little more than hired guns used to propel other people's dreams.

By rethinking when, where, why and how we use technology, we can begin to recapture our focus, deepen engagement, and find flow in our everyday activities and relationships.

That history, coupled with the generous use of interview narrative from rescuers, the rescued, and non-rescuers throughout the book, more than offsets any fear that the Oliners» project, by focusing on rescue activities, might diminish the horror of the Holocaust.

Our research focuses on biologically - based mechanisms to reduce pest issues, soil erosion, fossil fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions; increase nutrient and water use efficiencies; improve pollinator activity and food security; and apply a systems approach to soil, crop, animal, human and planetary health.

Stop Hunger Now distinguishes itself from other aid / relief organizations with a focus on engaging volunteers in a hands - on activity to produce meals that are used strategically to support development programs, while at the same time fostering the growth of a movement to end hunger by educating those volunteers about the need and giving them an opportunity to take action.

Our Firm is located near the castle of Canossa, in the hills of Pecorile and focuses its activities in full respect of nature, following only the organic production method.Our cows are raised without GMO, chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides and without antibiotics.The production culture is all used in breeding, infact, the animals have access to pasture and are treated with homeopathic and herbal medicines.All working process of Parmigiano Reggiano, is followed by the master cheese maker, using traditional methods of processing.

In 1994 land use and income derivation was primarily focused on animal production and collecting activities (e.g. firewood and fruits).

«To that end, he came up with the idea of the Kenny Dalglish Community Suite, which is housed within the stand and will be used by the club's Red Neighbours programme with a focus on supporting the elderly, addressing food poverty, encouraging physical activity and creating memorable experiences for young people.

Enjoy your March Break with the family — and remember to check out momstown for more family - focused activities, crafts, and more — like winter activity ideas, getting a jump on Easter crafts, or using Lego for literacy building.

During these two years, your little one will go from taking a few tentative steps to running, jumping, and moving with increased coordination; from using a handful of words to having a broad vocabulary (and talking up a storm); and from being able to focus for three minutes or less to having an increased attention span that opens the door to all kinds of new toddler activities.

After stretches are done, then your child needs to perform exercises and activities that focus on using the stretched out muscles.

The kit focuses on using music, games, art, and movement to motivate kids and families to choose more fruits and vegetables, choose water instead of sugary drinks, get enough physical activity every day, and to limit screen time.

A couple years ago, I led a study focused on moms» Internet use and found that getting coupons and deals, of all the activities moms went online for, was the most important type of content moms sought out in digital spaces with nearly all (96 %) moms indicating they had some or a lot of interest in getting deals and coupons from the brands they followed online.

Eligible activities will include an activity that: contributes to the development of creative skills or expertise in artistic or cultural activities; provides a substantial focus on wilderness and the natural environment; helps children develop and use particular intellectual skills; includes structured interaction among children where supervisors teach or help children develop interpersonal skills; or provides enrichment or tutoring in academic subjects.

Our analyses focused on five conditions that have been consistently associated with breastfeeding in observational studies that adjusted for parity as well as known or suspected confounders such as diet, physical activity, oral contraceptive use (in the case of cancer and hypertension), 6,7,18 and socioeconomic status (Table 1).

Since sending her to Kindergarten, she has struggled some what in staying focused on day - to - day classroom activities, yet she has the vocabulary and communication skills of a much older child, always using her language in the proper context.

In 2014, MI - AIMH divided into two organizations: MI - AIMH (focused on state efforts) and the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health (focused on continued national and international activity specific to global support for use of the MI - AIMH Competency Guidelines ® and the MI - AIMH Endorsement ®, research, and practice).

Foulds is urging that the focus is taken off the technology and redirected towards social organisation, how resources are used, and the activities for which they are used.

The research firm will only be authorized to use the information to contact you to request your participation in surveys, focus groups or other research activities that will help us improve Buffalo News products and services.

The planning activities within Herkimer and Oneida Counties are typically categorized and focus on: Transportation Planning, Land Use and Zoning, Human Services Planning, Census and Statistics, Water Resources and Environmental Planning, GIS Mapping, and Economic Development.

High - volume hydraulic fracturing — the focus of recent attention and public concern — is defined by the state of Michigan as activity that is intended to use more than 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid.

Focusing on the neural pathway from the brain's prefrontal cortex to the amygdala, they combined optogenetics — a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons in living tissue — with behavioral testing, a methodology that allows researchers to study functional connections between different regions of the brain.

The researchers showed that functional products in general will have greater investment activities in the manufacturing stage rather than the use stage, while makers of innovative products should focus their investment efforts in the use stage to create eco-efficient and value enhancing products.

The researchers believe that future research could focus on specific aspects of the self - expanding activities that produce this effect, as well as test the use of self - expansion activities in clinical interventions for smoking cessation.

Now, rather than focusing on the potential end results of lying, Temple University scientists Scott Faro and Feroze Mohamed are developing a way to detect deception by looking directly at people's brain activity using MRI brain scanners.

In particular, Panksepp's work has focused on «the possibility that our most commonly used animal subjects, laboratory rodents, may have social - joy type experiences during their playful activities and that an important communicative - affective component of that process, which invigorates social engagement, is a primordial form of laughter.»

The researchers have focussed their attention on the activity patterns of 237 neurons that had been recorded some years previously using electrodes implanted in the frontal lobes of two rhesus monkeys.

Flow is a term used in sports studies to describe a pleasant psychological state that makes it easier to be focused on the activity at hand.

Specific interventions should focus upon improving the decision - making skills of adolescents for engaging in gambling activities and techniques to negotiate safer sex attitudes with potential sexual partners, such as using condoms.

Well it goes down in the sense [that] it gets a little more focused as well; now know what's happening is this brain dark energy, which scientists call the brain default mode network — and they use the word default because when you're not doing anything else — this is background brain activity that is constantly occurring is all about the brain anticipating and predicting what'll happen next in the environment.

These grants support more focused research and educational activities than do those described in Fischbach's announcement, addressing issues that arise «from the use of the knowledge and technologies resulting from human genetics research.»

Once in the field, Bradt uses the techniques of epidemiological assessment — review of primary source documents, site visits, transect walks, key informant interviews, focus groups, limited surveys, and sometimes ongoing disease surveillance — to rapidly evaluate emergency preparedness plans, response activities, and recovery programs.

The meetings focused on food, physical activity education and behavioral skills such as self - monitoring and environmental control, using praise and rewards to reinforce positive eating and physical activity.

Image courtesy: Michigan Department of Environmental QualityHigh - volume hydraulic fracturing — the focus of recent attention and public concern — is defined by the state of Michigan as activity that is intended to use more than 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid.

They plan to use these findings to inform research focused on controlling and manipulating gene activity in genetically - engineered bacteria, which have many important medical and industrial applications.

Using electrical stimulation to modulate hippocampal activity to restore memory function has recently become a focus of considerable interest.

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) programs are focused on activities related to the reliable, efficient, affordable, and environmentally sound use of fossil fuels that are essential to our Nation's security and economic prosperity.

GigaGen focuses its activity on discovering new biological treatments by using antibodies derived from millions of cells within immune repertoires.

Session focused on physical space that has been designed and built for research development activities — physical infrastructure to change conversation on and off campus for research development purposes, benefits of the spaces, discussion about spaces in use by audience, successes, and future needs.

To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis (see my lab site here which has more information on lab activities).

The Laboratory of Protein Structure (LPS) started its activities in 2008 and focuses on structural and biochemical studies of proteins (e.g.: nucleic acid enzymes) using protein crystallography as the primary method.

In ENUSA we manufacture nuclear fuel in our Juzbado facility (Salamanca), where the activities focus on procurement of the uranium and components required for the process and on the engineering and manufacturing of fuel assemblies for Spanish and European nuclear power plants, using the most innovative technologies and latest market advances.

Dr. Adachi - Mejia, Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, and member of Norris Cotton Cancer Center's Cancer Control Research Program, focuses her research on cancer risk prevention, such as physical activity and tobacco use.

Some research has focused on parabens, which are preservatives used in some deodorants and antiperspirants that have been shown to mimic the activity of estrogen in the body's cells.

«Low - Calorie Diet Slows Aging in Mice in Study,» claimed a recent headline.17 According to the article, «Putting elderly mice on a very low - calorie diet for as little as four weeks reversed many of the changes in the activity of various genes that had occurred during normal aging...» The resesearchers were not looking at actual signs of disease, nor were they measuring lifespan, but instead focused on the analysis of 11,000 different genes using a method called microarray technology in which Spindler has large financial holdings.