Sentences with phrase «against peers with»

Several decades ago, Morningstar introduced the now - ubiquitous nine - box matrix known as the style box, providing a framework to evaluate funds against peers with similar investment styles.

Not exact matches

Then an open conversation with employees could discuss why they want people to work with one another not against their peers in a game of one - upmanship.

Despite having the highest net worth of any neighbourhood in B.C., these residents are not the highest - paid of their peers on this list, with an average annual income of only $ 700,431 against Kerrisdale's $ 1,153,529.

Yes, that's crisis - torn Somalia, although the gains seem to have more to do with expatriates sending gobs of money home than anything fundamental in the domestic economy, and are a repeat of the shilling's 2013 performance against its foreign - exchange peers.)

Elsewhere in forex markets, it's a relatively calm day, with a slight correction in the risk - off trade that we have been monitoring for weeks, as the yen is a tad lower today against all of its major peers, while the Dollar couldn't gain on risk - on currencies, despite the equity weakness.

US Treasury yields are stable, holding on near their recent highs, but as sentiment improved the USD sold off against most of its peers with only gaining some ground against the safe - haven Yen.

Choose your own peer group based on underlying factors like portfolio construction and industry focus, and benchmark your fund against funds with similar strategies.

Our model evaluates the compensation of the top five executives against the compensation of the top five officers at peer companies, then compares the company's performance with those same peers.

This fellow had been pestering his peers with his prosthelytizing so much that several had registered complaints against his unprofessional conduct.

Late at night, splashing my face and neck, through sounds of water running I hear cruel cuts like pencil points fine sharpened snapping against a smooth white page.Quick rinsing, covered now and tense, all stiff, peering alarmed from broken privacy, I for a moment harden, with nor one clue, against....

It can feel like they just want to push against us, replace us with peers, make bad decisions, and get into trouble.

Some of these studies involved large representative samples from the United States; 2 some studies controlled for potential confounders, such as parental stress3 and socioeconomic status; 4 and some studies examined the potential of parental reasoning to moderate the association between physical punishment and child aggression.5 Virtually without exception, these studies found that physical punishment was associated with higher levels of aggression against parents, siblings, peers and spouses.

We want to clearly convey the potential seriousness of food allergies and create a movement that encourages children with food allergies, along with parents, teachers and peers, to be a voice against food allergy bullying.

This has led some to suggest the government ignored dissent among the Lords to shore up Commons» support, with last night's defeat marking only the third time peers have voted against a government order.

The great Gani too, in 1984, did a procedural equivalent of class suicide, just to underscore his outrage against sleaze, while his peers got fixated with sterile procedure.

Just 142 peers voted for the amendment, 209 voting against, with a majority not attending at all.

A hierarchical social network, Dashboard gave volunteers on the ground a platform with which to communicate with Obama 2012 team members in their neighborhood and even track their performance against their peers».

With Rennard wishing to return to the Lords on Monday and an English party committee meeting to decide whether to start fresh disciplinary action against the former party chief executive, Clegg warned Rennard and his fellow peers of the consequences of ignoring the rest of the party.

Peers spoke out against the continuing power of «faith» schools to discriminate in admissions, the appointment of governors and the employment of staff, about homophobic bullying, about extremist (including creationist) groups setting up Free Schools with unbalanced curricula, about the need to repeal laws on collective worship and about the need to maintain community cohesion.

Since then Humanists UK has continued to work with MPs and peers to speak out against the place of the Bishops.

A spokesman for Lord Rennard described the decision to suspend him as «extraordinary» and revealed the peer was «taking legal advice with a view to civil action against the party».

Speaking out against the bill the Earl of Caithness said axing hereditary peers would leave the Lords with an appointed system only and delay progress towards a democratically elected upper house.

Tory peers were furious with the Liberal Democrats because the cross-party ploy to delay the outcome of the boundary review until after the election was introduced against the advice of clerks in the Lords.

Strong relationships with peers, teachers and other adults provide an even more effective shield against destructive fantasies.

She harbors two mutant copies of a gene, and therefore lacks a protein that manages blood clotting, but researchers found that people with one inactivated gene copy outlive their peers by a decade and gain protection against diabetes.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

If the genetic mutation that gives people with Laron syndrome their short stature also protects them against two of the most pernicious diseases of aging, diabetes and cancer, then it prompts two obvious questions: What other diseases might the mutation protect against, and do people who carry the mutation in fact live longer than their unaffected peers?

However, even though an adolescent with good language and cognitive skills may experiment with drinking earlier than his / her less advanced peer, better verbal and intellectual abilities have [also] been found to be protective against developing severe problems with alcohol and other substances in adulthood.»

In an e-mail exchange with Science, the Springer representative wrote, «We agree with what Cyril Labbé says in his quote [in the press release]: «Software can not replace peer reviews and academic evaluation, but SciDetect lends publishers an additional hand in the fight against fraud and fake papers.»»

She is registred to the National Order of Biologists in the province of Palermo; collaboration in research project from 2012 to 2015 at the Department of Biopathology and Biotechnology, University of Palermo, focusing the study on the identification of molecules capable to modulate intracellular metabolic pathways for the prevention and treatment of infectious, tumor and degenerative disease, in collaboration with Prof. Angela Santoni, University of Rome; collaboration in research project in 2011 at the hospital «Villa Sofia Cervello» of Palermo to study methods can cure the genetic defect that causes thalassemia through genetic engineering; she studies different mechanisms of the differentiation and the activation of human gammadelta T cells as effector cells of the immune response against cancer and infectious diseases; she investigates about the identification and development of biomarkers of resistance and susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Valentina Orlando has published 13 papers in peer reviewed journals and 3 comunications at national and international congress.

Some of them include: to make sons resemble their circumcised fathers; to conform anatomically with peers (note: circumcised boys now find themselves in the minority); to improve hygiene; to prevent tight / non-retractile foreskin (which is normal in childhood); as prophylaxis against urinary tract infection (UTI), sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and cancer of the penis, prostate, and cervix.

Data on 16 - to 34 - year - olds, for instance, found even workers with college degrees and graduate or professional degrees don't stack up favorably against their international peers with similar education levels.

Peer assessment engages students in analyzing one another's work against the same criteria they use to check their own learning and providing peers with feedback that helps them to progress toward the lesson goal.

Each year the program provides Learning and Development leaders with a chance to review their strategy against their peers and receive personalized feedback on their effectiveness.

Includes: - Carousel activities to expose students to 4 significant extracts - in each extract students will go through the process of accessing the extract step by step and then consider relating to the whole text - Pupil friendly mark scheme with sample responses - sample exam questions - opportunity for students to answer a timed question using the skills they have developed - opportunity for self / peer assessment against the mark scheme Carousel activities which allow students to revise the context of Elizabethan England and practice analysing extracts from the play as well as referring to the play as a whole.

Having good friends at school is an important protective factor against bullying (Bollmer, Milich, Harris & Maras, 2005) and can also help students cope with emotional consequences of unkind behaviour of peers (Hodges, Boivin, Vitaro & Bukowski, 1999).

A child enters preschool doors — perhaps with odds stacked against him — and he is welcomed and supported academically and emotionally; he achieves; he graduates high school with his peers; he goes on to college or a career; and he enjoys the good health and active citizenship that is his right and due.

From my work with teachers, I found that these are some of the critical teaching strategies that support students to become assessment - capable learners: Provide time for student reflection on their learning Involve the students in developing success criteria & rubrics for their own assessment Let students assess their own work & measure this against teacher judgements Provide feedback & encourage students to set goals from this assessment Be explicit about what learning progressions look like & encourage students to use these to set their own learning goals Provide opportunities for students to achieve goals through attending teacher - led or peer - led clinics And celebrate goals when they are achieved!

Jeffries railed against the approximate 50 percent graduation rate in Newark's high schools, as well as the fact that 9 out of 10 Newark students who reach college require remedial instruction to catch up with their peers.

According to its latest progress report from the Department of Education, which judges a school's growth against a peer group with similar demographics, 223 is the 10th - best middle school in the entire city.

Sac High students outperformed all of their district peers in Algebra I and World History, when compared against high schools with enrollment of 800 or more students.

While violence can and does occur against all children of all demographics, those with disabilities are at a significantly greater risk than their non-disabled peers.

Critics of international comparisons, including many practitioners and a number of researchers, argue that it is impossible to accurately compare US students» performance against that of their international peers because the students selected by their respective countries vary widely in their demographic makeup (not all countries include language learners and students with disabilities in their samples) and the sample size of students from various socioeconomic groups can vary widely.

With peer evaluation, students see each other as resources for understanding and checking for quality work against previously established criteria.

However, after thorough testing in January this year, the Porsche Panamera was decided to be the best amongst its peers — with the result once again serving as a reminder that the award rewards excellence amongst the vehicles in a relative segment, rather than pitting the finalists against one another.

With a 1 GHz Samsung S5PV210 processor underneath and a 512 MB RAM, the SuperNova can't win any performance battles against many of its peers.

As the first official Windows 8 tablets with the refreshed Baytrail - T platform and the new licensing deal with Windows 8.1 + Bing they don't have any direct peers to compare against yet.

With an enormous screen and a fast hardware platform, the Droid X has many advantages when compared against its peers.

All - Star Funds typically have at least a three year track record and compare favorably against their peers based on historical return, risk, expenses, manager tenure, performance and style consistency, asset size and growth and must be 1) structured through sound investment philosophy and process, 2) implemented with acceptable level of investment risk management strategy and 3) supported by a well - balanced investment firm.

All - Star Funds typically have at least a three year track record and compare favorably against their peers based on historical return, risk, expenses, manager tenure, performance and style consistency, asset size and growth and must be 1) structured through sound investment philosophy and process, 2) implemented with acceptable level of investment risk management strategy and 3) supported by a well - balanced investment firm.