Sentences with phrase «additional measures of»

In the second wave, additional measures of psychological well - being were added, including hostility, autonomy, purpose in life, self - acceptance, environmental mastery, sense of personal growth and measures of alcohol use.

The Canine Care Certified program provides additional measures of assurance that breeders of certified dogs are attending to their dogs» physical, genetic and behavioral health, and are committed to continuously raising the bar on the care and attention they offer to their dogs.

In determining how long to maintain a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy, the Committee will also consider other information, including additional measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments.

Aside from price ratios, wise investors like Graham move beyond value ratios and look for additional measures of safety.

NAESP strongly encourages the department to require that states supplement student standardized assessment data with additional measures of student growth.

State leaders should also consider a shift in the accountability system to introduce additional measures of student academic progress and other factors that contribute to the operation of successful schools.

To improve the identification of school - level needs and the allocation of supports, districts should develop, measure, report, and use additional measures of school quality and student success that the state may not use for school classifications.

Districts should be key drivers within comprehensive accountability systems by supporting continuous improvement, tracking additional measures of school quality and student success, using these measures to inform local decisions about resources and supports, and serving as laboratories of innovation for the state;

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

«By requiring these additional measures of accountability, the State has signaled a stronger commitment to protecting its own fiscal interest in a time of economic uncertainty.

We also quantified latency as an additional measure of navigation efficiency, which was calculated as the time (in seconds) from passenger pickup to drop - off at the store.

Finally, we also gather data on the number of charter schools in each search unit as an additional measure of school choice.

The state has promised to investigate an additional measure of civic engagement for the future.1

The law also requires at least one additional measure of «School Quality or Student Success» (SQSS), such as student engagement, college readiness, or school climate.

Hyundai Veloster The Elantra - based Veloster features an unusual three - door arrangement — with two conventionally hinged doors on the passenger's side instead of some gimmicky half door like on the Mini Clubman or the old Saturn SC — that gives it an additional measure of practicality.

These types of stocks give investors an additional measure of safety in today's volatile markets.

Investing in blue chip stocks can provide an additional measure of safety in today's turbulent markets.

Stocks like these give investors an additional measure of safety in volatile markets.

TICKS and Ivermectin - While I still maintain that the best way to control ticks is to go over your dog every day and pluck them off with a tweezers (some people drown them in soapy water or other detergent), you can also get an additional measure of control by using ivermectin.

Having an additional measure of uncertainty added to the already existing uncertainty of whether people riding bikes will or won't stop at stop signs, likely would not be an addition to the challenges and responsibilities of driving, people that drive would welcome.

Though such items often have child - safe tops, the child - proofing aspect of these tops may malfunction, necessitating the additional measure of preventing a child's access in the first instance.

Since most smartphones, at least for the last few years, have a pretty good camera, as well as WiFi, as well as a decent enough processor to run as a dedicated security camera, an old iPhone or Android phone can easily be used as an additional measure of office security (or home security).

«When a company like FF suddenly appears — with an unknown major (if not exclusive) investor — it inserts an additional measure of risk into the equation,» Paluska said.

The PTSD Checklist (PCL) 18 provided an additional measure of PTSD symptom severity.

Reh et al22 investigated the factor structure and concurrent and discriminant validity of QbTest and found the hyperactivity factor correlated with teacher ratings of hyperactive behaviour, providing evidence for the utility of including this additional measure of activity in a CPT.

Reading diary: We used a 24 - hour recall diary based on an interview with the mother as an additional measure of reading activities in the home.

Twin Lucille floor lamps by Oly bring an additional measure of symmetry to the open and airy living room.

Not exact matches

The advisory group, in a report submitted to Congress and the U.S. trade representative in late June, suggested the USTR borrow exact language pertaining to the agricultural sector and suggested using the Asiawide trade deal as the basis for text on environmental and labor regulation, with «additional strengthening of measures beyond what was in TPP,» according to a copy of the June 30 letter obtained by CNBC.

Rather, the Company believes that the presentation of these adjusted measures provide additional information to investors to facilitate the comparison of past and present results, excluding those items that the Company does not believe are indicative of our ongoing operations due to its nature.

Michael Brand, CEO of Dor, a foot traffic analytics provider, shares, «Foot traffic is a vital layer of information for a retailer to optimize how they staff their store, measure marketing effectiveness and calculate their in - store conversion rate, illuminating additional insights into sales trends that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.»

(Wonkish detail: Labour productivity measures average productivity, but the mechanism described in the preceding paragraphs predicts that real wages should track marginal productivity — the extra output produced by an additional unit of labour.

Its European creditors decided on Wednesday to suspend the implementation of short - term debt relief measures after the Greek government announced additional spending on pensions - an action that European partners deemed as «unilateral» and disrespecting the efforts agreed under the country's 86 billion euro ($ 89.75 billion) bailout program.

The measure keeps domestic spending largely flat, while providing billions of dollars in additional funds to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

See «Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures» below for additional information.

Once they understand the benefits of initial energy - efficiency improvements, they become aware of the potential to implement appropriate measures as they expand to additional locations.

FFO as Adjusted: A supplemental non-GAAP measure that the company believes is more reflective of its core operating performance and provides investors and analysts an additional measure to compare the company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance.

China's total social financing (TSF), a broad measure of credit and liquidity in the economy, surged to 3.06 trillion yuan in January from 1.14 trillion yuan in December, additional data showed on Monday.

The dispute began three weeks ago, when B.C. Premier John Horgan's government announced it would not take additional levels of crude from Alberta until it could be sure there are measures in place to handle spill safety.

The Company believes that its presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information to and facilitates additional analysis by investors.

The latest index, compiled from six trillion data points, measured congestion between April and June of this year and is expressed in percentages that illustrate additional driving time.

This press release also contains supplemental reconciliations of additional non-GAAP financial measures that the Company presents in other contexts.

If it outperforms those targets, it will activate a set of measures offsetting the impact of additional austerity, including mainly lowering taxes.

In February, the B.C. government unveiled additional measures in its budget to tackle the housing market, including raising its foreign buyers tax and expanding it to areas outside of Vancouver, while bringing in a new levy on speculators.

Management believes these measures offer the ability to make period - to - period comparisons that are not impacted by certain items that can cause dramatic changes in reported operating results, to perform trend analysis, to better identify operating trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by these types of items and to provide additional transparency of certain items.

The Company believes that discussion of these additional non-GAAP measures provides investors with meaningful comparisons of current results to prior periods» results by excluding items that the Company does not believe reflect its fundamental business performance.

With the additional 408 feet, the building would be the tallest in the U.S. and third - tallest in the world, although building experts dispute whether the spire is actually an antenna — a crucial distinction in terms of measuring the building's height.

Other main measures include expelling any immigrant convicted of a crime, boosting the police force, and creating 40,000 additional prison places.

From an economic policy perspective, pre-tax income is the measure of the economic effect of additional family income on gross domestic product, or GDP.

The EU Commission recently released a 465 - page report accusing China of distorting its economy and calling for additional EU measures.

The proposed 2015 Stock Incentive Plan would amend, restate and rename the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan and would include additional criteria by which performance - based awards of cash or stock may be measured, and would otherwise amend the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan as described below.