Sentences with phrase «accelerated this shift by»

Google has facilitated and accelerated this shift by changing the game in ways that help users find information faster and in a manner that emphasizes the giant's own products.

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Our party's shift to the extremes is being accelerated by out - of - state Dark Money.

«The growth rate is not only relative to the number of people finding out they can't have it or don't want gluten in their diets, but it is being accelerated by a shift in quality,» Wintz explains.

Rather, it argues that changes over recent years, starting perhaps with the fundamental shift in sovereignty inherent in accession to the European Union, but accelerating with the piecemeal reforms promoted by the Blair administration and promised, but so far not realised, by Gordon Brown, have moved us to a new constitutional settlement.

Researchers say that the focus should be shifted to maintaining 50 % cover — just half the forest — but over entire landscapes rather than individual farms, in a bid to stop whole regions losing untold biodiversity by slipping below the 43 % threshold at which species loss accelerates.

Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national security).

Projected shifts in temperature and precipitation are likely to reduce diffuse recharge to the Fox Hills — Hell Creek aquifer and accelerate the current depletion by water users.

In other words, by shifting towards a stronger parasympathetic response, we can significantly accelerate the recovery process and increase the recuperative abilities of the whole body.

But when your body clock is disrupted or thrown out of balance by occasional or continuous interruptions of sleeping patterns, changes in light exposure, working the night shift regularly or other disruptions in your schedule, your natural circadian rhythms can become accelerated or slowed, leading to a cascade of physiologic impacts.

In many states, respondents emphasized that, while this shift occurred prior to NCLB, it has been accelerated by post-NCLB changes in reporting requirements.

That's why The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is building on their work to foster a network of test beds across the nation that will: focus on helping students achieve desired learning outcomes by developing personalized learning products and accelerating their adoption; put teachers and school decision - makers at the center of the shift toward personalized learning; lower risks and barriers to all parties of adopting new, potentially transformative products; and encourage the rapid development of a healthy, transparent market for highly effective learning technologies.

A few also allow an alternate automatic mode, often called «sport» mode, where gear selection is still fully automatic but the transmission will favor higher engine speeds (at which the engine will produce the highest horsepower and / or torque) by up shifting later when accelerating and downshifting earlier when slowing.

That is obvious from the moment you draw the SLS's gullwing door closed with a big heave from overhead, press the starter button on the center console, draw the paddle shift on the steering wheel forward to select first gear and accelerate hard out of the pit lane, followed by the blare of an angry exhaust.

ASC's linear shift control function gives the driver a more direct sense of acceleration by coordinating engine speed (RPM) with vehicle speed as the car accelerates.

The brakes would still work, but owners would find an easier time slowing down by shifting into neutral because the cruise would be trying to accelerate.

HERE»S WHAT I DO N'T LIKE: Loud wind noise (anytime I exceed 40 - 45 mph), makes it hard to hear the radio at normal volume; intrusive road noise, which I corrected by swapping out the standard Goodyear tires with Continental tires; lackluster acceleration for a V6 engine, CVT tends to lose momentum when you lift your foot off of the gas pedal — often jerky when accelerating and decelerating while in motion and when accelerating from a dead stop; as mentioned by another reviewer, accelerator hesitates before catching when shifting from reverse to drive; bumps in the road are not well absorbed (the 2016 model may have addressed this issue); no power to windows after you shut off the engine; no auto door locks; poor V6 fuel efficiency averaging around 24 MPGs combined; trunk lid's arms and safety feature makes it heavy and sometimes hard to lift open; Infotainment system does understand most voice commands; and Harmon Kardon speakers are sometimes crackly.

In a conventional full hybrid vehicle, engine output is boosted by the electric motor via a reduction gear, but with the new Multi Stage Hybrid System the power from the V6 engine and the hybrid battery can be amplified by the four - stage shifting device, allowing much greater drive power to be generated when accelerating from stationary and achieving a 0 - 60 time of 5.4 seconds.

Meanwhile, Borders sent the most persuasive possible signal that the shift in sales from stores to online, accelerated by the ebook phenomenon, was really damaging.

That changed as the market for contemporary art began to flourish, a shift accelerated in 2011 with the purchase of ART HK by MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., Art Basel's parent company.

Amid the constant alarmist bickering over the role of CO2 in our planet's continued shifting of climate whether caused or accelerated by human activity and similar hair splitting, the true threats to our status - quo go un-heralded as the siren of alarm numbs our sensibilities.

There was an interesting study in Nature Geoscience last Sunday showing pretty clearly that the accelerating flow of the Jacobshavn glacier in recent years was most likely driven by an influx of warm deep seawater, and that shift was likely due to changes in pressure and wind patterns over the North Atlantic Ocean.

The Climate Group works to accelerate climate action by bringing together powerful networks of business and governments that shift global markets and policies.

The shift will continue to accelerate, and by 2030 more than four times as much renewable capacity will be added.»

We accelerate the shift to plug - in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity.

Accelerate the shift to a new, just, clean energy economy that works for everyone by supporting community - led energy solutions.

The shift to a clean energy economy is on — and accelerating by the day.

Initiative 732 (https://yeson732.org/) accelerates the shift to clean energy by putting a price on dirty fossil fuels.

They both reflect the accelerating shift of global power from America to Asia, caused in large part by the serious mismanagement of U.S. economic policy.

Most experts in the Kilimanjaro debate accept three things: for more than a century, its ice has been in a retreat that is almost assuredly unstoppable and was not caused by humans; so far, there is scant data on conditions there; and the main scientific question now is how, and how much, climate shifts driven by heat - trapping emissions are accelerating that trend.

With less sea ice many marine ecosystems will experience more light, which can accelerate the growth of phytoplankton, and shift the balance between the primary production by ice algae and water - borne phytoplankton, with implications for Arctic food webs.

It was the change in that motion that caught the attention of Chen and his colleagues, who used data collected by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to determine whether ice loss had shifted and accelerated the yearly polar drift.

Through this mechanism, environmental researchers can spur action by traders and investors and accelerate shifts in the global capital markets, where approximately $ 350 billion in equities are traded daily.

The nonprofit organization works to accelerate the shift to plug - in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum and improve the global environment.

The shift provides additional evidence that changes in the Arctic are not only directly because of global warming, as shown by warmer air and sea temperatures, but are also part of an «Arctic amplification» through which multiple Arctic - specific physical processes interact to accelerate temperature change, ice variability, and ecological impacts.

By reducing consumption of paper and wood products, recycling paper, reclaiming wood, legally sourcing wood from sustainable plantations, finding substitutes for firewood, and stabilizing population by accelerating the shift to smaller families, our generation can help protect forests for future oneBy reducing consumption of paper and wood products, recycling paper, reclaiming wood, legally sourcing wood from sustainable plantations, finding substitutes for firewood, and stabilizing population by accelerating the shift to smaller families, our generation can help protect forests for future oneby accelerating the shift to smaller families, our generation can help protect forests for future ones.

So, in the case of the United States, for example, those policies that will enable the country to achieve its submitted INDC are: the Clean Power Plan (which will accelerate the shift in many states from coal to natural gas for electricity generation, as well as provide incentives in some states for renewable electricity generation); CAFE (motor vehicle fuel efficiency) standards increasing over time (as already enacted by Congress); appliance efficiency standards moving up over time (as also already enacted by Congress); California's very aggressive climate policy (AB - 32); and the northeast states» Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

«The statement is one piece of a much larger strategy, but it's an important piece in hopefully accelerating change and accelerating a culture shift by causing all lawyers and paralegals to reflect periodically on the obligations that they have.»

Plugging into a KYC - as - a-Service partner enables mid-size banks to seriously punch above their weight, by accelerating their onboarding of new clients to match (and often beat) the capabilities of large banks, dramatically reducing their overall compliance costs and helping them get ahead — and stay ahead — of the constantly shifting regulatory landscape.

Bank Teller — ABC Bank of New Jersey, Atlantic City, NJ — 3/2012 — Present • Use computer software proficiency to advise staff on accelerated processing techniques to reduce customer wait times by 20 percent • Enforce a high standard of customer service in the greeting and assisting of customers in the drive through and bank lobby • Verify signatures and balances when cashing checks and processing withdrawals and deposits • Calculate daily transaction amount and balance the cash drawer at the start and end of every shift, with an unwavering record of no shortages or overages throughout employment • Answer customer inquiries concerning balances, account details, and financial services, and refer questions to head management when necessary • Open and close customer accounts, resolve customer complaints, and perform account lookups on a daily basis

Our aim is to accelerate the shift to plug - in vehicles powered by clean, affordable, domestic electricity to reduce our country's dependence on imported oil and thus improve the global environment.