Sentences with phrase «accelerate progress on»

Empower women engaged in energy service delivery to achieve autonomy, authority, and decision - making power at work and thereby accelerate progress on international climate change and sustainable energy goals.

Lisbon, Portugal — More than 800 attendees — the heart and soul of the SDG7 movement — gathered today at the fourth Sustainable for Energy for All Forum in Lisbon to chart the bold steps that are needed to accelerate progress on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) by 2030.

Accelerate Progress on Education Boston Globe, June 10, 2013 «By every indication, including early indications of academic performance, we've made a strong start with these policies on choice and innovation.

U.S. and Cuban scientists are planning a new round of research collaborations as part of joint work to accelerate progress on combatting threatening mosquito - borne illnesses such as dengue fever and Zika virus — the latest development in an ongoing collaboration between the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

It is clearly in the UK's interests to engage with and help China accelerate progress on its low - carbon development.

You can accelerate your progress on the path to profitability by following some of the rules outlined above.

Stay motivated by accelerating progress on paying off debt as your account balances fall faster and faster each month

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«We're trying to dispel the myth that the underrepresentation of women on corporate boards is a supply problem,» says Deborah Gillis, the CEO of Catalyst, which has a mission of accelerating the progress of women in the workplace.

As he explained, technical progress will accelerate as investors get better returns on their investments.

«With the global economy poised to accelerate, new U.S. tax legislation providing tailwinds and a leading franchise across our businesses, we are well positioned to serve our clients and make significant progress on the growth plan we outlined in September,» he added.

Investors are likely to become «increasingly constructive» on the stock given its ongoing turnaround progress, accelerating recurring revenue and profitability inflection that will result in higher cash flow, according to Imperial Capital.

Building on this progress, Bambu will use the new investment to accelerate its sales and business development capability to meet the increasing demand for robo - advisor solutions globally, while further strengthening the company's R&D in Singapore.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In January 2016, Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke joined a new coalition, Champions 12.3, to accelerate progress towards fulfilling United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 on food waste.

The new publication, SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016 Progress Report, was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, a unique coalition of leaders from government, business and civil society around the world dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG TargProgress Report, was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, a unique coalition of leaders from government, business and civil society around the world dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Targprogress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

Labor may not naturally accelerate on its own (active phase) until 5 cm of dilation and introducing interventions like oxytocin augmentation or performing a cesarean for failure to progress when the mother's or baby's condition is stable is not recommended.

Those who took on AIDS in the 1980s, he said, not only supported their friends who were sick but also bent the arc of scientific progress on the virus; they «accelerated discovery.»

Western Region and Ghana would have been on an accelerated path progress and prosperity with the revenues from our oil find,» he added.

Though researchers on both sides tout their accelerating progress, neither has achieved ignition, the threshold where the reaction gives off more energy than is needed to start it.

Since then, the agency has made a substantial amount of progress in accelerating IRIS assessments, according to information (pdf) released by EPA on Tuesday.

The centers work together on complementary investigations and share data and biosamples to accelerate progress.

«But we have found that if states focus on a handful of priority action steps and implement them successfully, they can begin to close critical gaps and dramatically accelerate progress toward ending their HIV epidemics.»

These centers focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers on defined areas of inquiry, to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments and vaccines to prevent and cure type 1 diabetes, cancer and infectious disease.

The US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to avelumab (Bavencio) in May 2017, for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma patients whose disease progressed on or following platinum - containing chemotherapy.

NEW ORLEANS — Vice President Biden called on the nation's leading cancer researchers to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease by sharply boosting collaborations and data sharing and by giving him advice on how to make the federal government a forceful ally in the anti-cancer effort.

Research activities at MANA involving the design and systemization of superconducting materials based on the concepts of nanoarchitectonics are accelerating progress in superconductivity science.

«Even though my own lab focuses on developmental and evolutionary questions, biochemical and molecular techniques are the driving technology behind much of the work, and greater proximity to those at the forefront of these technologies is bound to accelerate our own progress.»

I think that this investment has accelerated to the pace of research in the field of glaucoma; the number of publications that are really focusing on these mechanistic insights have just exploded in the last ten years, so this investment by Glaucoma Research Foundation was really a catalyst that allowed us to dig in deeper to understanding what's actually happening in the disease as the disease is progressing.

Since its inception in 2003, the SMA Foundation has spent more than $ 100M on basic, translational, and clinical research to accelerate progress towards finding a treatment for SMA.

In addition, if you're already lifting, doing too much cardio on the side can only burn off your muscles instead of accelerating your progress.

This is only because Cecile was able to accelerate their progress based on how their body responded to the various training routines of the weeks prior.

LeanFast Bolt - Ons that can help accelerate progress.

Though I typically prefer to get my nutrients via diet rather than supplementation (I view supplementation as a way to fill in the gaps and accelerate healing / progress), I'm not going to lie: I don't love the taste of turmeric and so it's not something I can easily add to my diet on a daily basis.

Self tracking gives you immediate feedback on how your choices accelerate or hinder your progress.

Coined by futurist Ray Kurzweil, Kurzweil's Law, otherwise known as the Law of Accelerating Returns, states that building on past accomplishments, the pace of technological change doubles every decade — leading to a Moore's Law vision of progress.

However, there is consensus among three key federally funded agencies (What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center for Reading Research), as well as several peer - reviewed journal articles that review research on education products, that Accelerated Reader has met high standards of scientific rigor with positive effects and no contrary evidence.

For both accelerated and struggling students, it's worth building on success, improving our ability to track the progress of individual students, and providing better information to families about educational options.

Pupils can assess themselves on topics taught and then directed to the videos to help accelerate progress.

2 Complete lessons on Finding Missing Angles in a Triangle - Discusses special triangles (Equilateral, Isosceles, Scalene)- Mini-Whiteboard assessment slides to accelerate progress - Multi-Step questions where students need to use reasoning to find missing angles (Challenge)- Makes links to Angles around a Point and Angles on a Straight Line - Problem Solving Exam questions using Algebra which is excellent preparation for new GCSE (Challenge)- Questions are differentiated allowing all to make fantastic progress

Complete lesson on Finding Missing Angles Around a Point - Recaps Angles on a Straight Line - Mini-Whiteboard assessment slides to accelerate progress - Multi-Step questions where students need to use reasoning to find missing angles (Challenge)- Problem Solving Exam questions using Algebra which is excellent preparation for new GCSE (Challenge)- Questions are differentiated allowing all to make fantastic progress

Complete lesson on Finding Missing Angles on Straight Lines - Mini-Whiteboard assessment slides to accelerate progress - Multi-Step questions where students need to use reasoning to find missing angles (Challenge)- Problem Solving Exam questions using Algebra which is excellent preparation for new GCSE (Challenge)- Questions are differentiated allowing all to make fantastic progress

States set annual district and school targets for grade - level achievement, high school graduation, and closing achievement gaps, for all students, including accelerated progress for subgroups (each major racial and ethnic group, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low - income families), and rate schools and districts on how well they meet the targets.

The assessments gave them the evidence they needed to take stock of progress on a regular basis (at least three times per year); the interventions provided the means to accelerate the growth of those most at risk.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

Accelerated Reader was described by the Education Endowment Foundation in 2015 as having a «modest» impact on weaker readers at the start of secondary school, offering about three months of extra progress.

Then, between 2014 and 2017, he headed up Schools Challenge Cymru, the Welsh Government's flagship program to accelerate improvement across the country's schools, focusing in particular on the progress of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

To foster and accelerate each learner's progress toward college and career readiness and success, schools must leverage individualized learning strategies for all students (National Center on Response to Intervention, 2010).

This enables our scholars who are behind to catch up more quickly, and help those who are on grade level accelerate their progress towards the mastery of key academic skills even faster.

Access focuses on building skills and vocabulary to accelerate English language learning with language - specific instructional frameworks and actionable data to track and report students» progress.