Sentences with phrase «aimed at the improvement»

All changes should be aimed at improvements.

For adults, counseling procedures which aim at improvement on the relationship level are usually the most helpful.

If we are seriously interested in aiming at the improvement of the economic condition of a people, then this seems crazy.

Education should aim at an improvement of our «directive wisdom» (SMW 246).

Although the work is specifically aimed at the improvement in efficiency of thin film Cadmium Telluride solar cell devices, the coatings can be applied to other thin film technologies such as CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) and amorphous silicon.

We noted how often schools and systems assumed that any teacher in a supervisory position would know how to observe a class and give constructive feedback aimed at improvement.

Starting next summer, applicants for Maryland school administrator licenses must show that they were trained in a program that focuses on eight skills spelled out by the state that are aimed at the improvement of teaching and learning.

All breeding will be planned and aimed at improvement of the breed in all aspects.

All breeding should be aimed at the improvement of the breed.

OIE is inter-government organization aiming at improvement of animal health globally.

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Under AMD CEO Lisa Su, the also - ran PC chip player has focused on developing dramatically better performing chips instead of aiming for incremental improvements at low prices.

This is in keeping with the aim of the CHAA to provide feedback from reviewers to promote quality improvement and to allow companies to re-apply at a later date.

This past April, we announced improvements to these systems aimed at helping us detect fake accounts on our service more effectively.

Facebook Introduces «Store Sales Optimization» and Other Ad Improvements for Retailers Facebook has added three new options for retailers, announcing its expanded store sales optimization, tabs for Canvas, and product categories for dynamic ads, all aimed at improving mobile and offline conversions.

NAHB Chairman Granger MacDonald chalks up the incredible improvement in optimism to «new policies aimed at providing regulatory relief to the business community.»

The labor movement aimed at material improvement for workers.

The Preamble of the Declaration of the Right to Development, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1986, describes «development as a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process that aims at the constant improvement of the well - being of the entire population and of all individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of resulting benefits».

Despite all the criticism aimed at Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho at the moment, he's been credited as being the main reason for Romelu Lukaku's big improvement in form.

We need to be at least aiming to come third this season, that would represent an improvement and would allow us possibly better negotiations with players looking for cl football come summer as well as avoiding those dreaded qualifiers

Everton will pick up the player's # 250,000 a week wage, which will surely break the club's wage threshold, but being under new ownership, the glass ceiling implemented at the club can be broken, especially if there is a chance the club could become that much better, pushing themselves into the top six of seven clubs in the Premier League table, looking to maintain their improvement and aim to break into the top four, which would be best not to be achieved too quickly as it will be a tough position to maintain continually, looking at United's last four seasons should demonstrate that severely.

The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) Ireland is outraged at the suggestion that the survivors of symphysiotomy have exaggerated, or been in some way dishonest, in their claims in what has been a long and... Read More

In response to written questions, a Chicago Public Schools spokesman said that recent food service improvements include the elimination of trans fats and deep - fat fryers; a universal breakfast program aimed at reaching more students; a sliced - fruit pilot program in 31 schools featuring produce from farms within 150 miles of Chicago; and an initiative to serve local, frozen vegetables.

(Tuesday, 5 November 2013) The Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Ireland (AIMS Ireland) today petitioned for accountability, a review into clinical care practices, and national guidelines on the use of the drug misoprostol (cytotec) following the verdict of medical misadventure returned at the inquest into the death of Bimbo Onanuga at the Dublin Coroner's Court today.

[132] Together with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Miliband also promoted a «five - point plan for jobs and growth» aimed at helping the UK economy, involving extending the bonus tax on banks pioneered by Alistair Darling, bringing forward planned long - term investment to help reduce unemployment, cutting the rate of VAT from 20 % back to 17.5 %, cutting VAT on home improvements to 5 % for a temporary one - year period, and instigating a one - year National Insurance break to encourage employers to hire more staff.

Cuomo may take aim at hastening school improvement.

Clinton is proposing a package of ideas aimed at helping small businesses, including a new standard deduction that could simplify tax filing and improvements to a little - used tax credit for companies that offer workers health insurance.

The negotiations, which both sides agreed to in writing, were aimed at creating a system for fairly evaluating teachers, using both student performance and observation, in the 33 schools receiving federal school improvement grants.

The commission, aimed at making it easier for businesses to access city services, will be led Jessica Lappin, a former councilwoman and president of the Downtown Alliance, and Michael Lambert, with the New York City and Bed - Stuy Business Improvement Districts.

At this stage, the aims of the trials would be modest, seeking only to assess whether the treatments have a measurable effect, rather than expecting dramatic clinical improvement of the patients» condition.

The researchers aim at achieving practical use of this robot to disaster relief situations within a few years through future improvement, integration with basic technology, and performance limit tests.

Weiss and colleagues at Penn State aim for a 30-fold improvement over the ACME result by creating a trap with lasers rather than electric fields.

But the researchers, whose results appear today in Nature Chemistry, already have their sights set on improvements aimed at generating large amounts of fuel cheaply.

Study participants with indigestion who received 16 weeks of a therapy aimed at helping them identify and correct dysfunctional interpersonal patterns, called core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT) psychotherapy, saw improvements in all their gastrointestinal symptoms — and their mental health — which lasted for at least a year.

Roche's personalised healthcare strategy aims at providing medicines and diagnostic tools that enable tangible improvements in the health, quality of life and survival of patients.

economic development Policies aimed at improving the lives of people through changes in their income and quality of life (as measured by improvements in their health, safety, education and more).

Since inception, Morlife has developed a range of affordable fortified functional foods targeted at those consumers aiming to seek health improvement, filling a much required market gap.

I was wondering if, for self - improvement's sake, I should aim for a higher compliance ratio like 90/10, or should I intentionally remain at 80/20 to ensure I avoid potential pitfalls?

However, no significant differences were obtained on the integrationist orientation, even though, the purpose of the activities implicitly aimed at this and even though there were specific changes regarding the stereotypes, there were no radical improvements.

Indeed, as Dr. Comer takes us through his interesting and varied experiences in trying to improve schooling and education for children who are generally at the bottom in school achievement, we discover that, in contrast to some other models, his does not aim at or expect any rapid improvement in achievement.

Since then, teachers across the state have received extensive professional development aimed at Gateway preparation; they were also trained to use value - added data for instructional improvement.

Aimed primarily at reducing the dropout rate and improving student achievement, the Boston Compact represents the most comprehensive and broad - based school - improvement effort in the country, according to Robert B. Schwartz, a special assistant to the president of...

Achieving Schools is a two - year whole school improvement framework aimed at helping the one in five children who are falling behind at school.

Education Secretary Angela Constance hailed the reforms as a «significant milestone for education», which includes the introduction of a National Improvement Framework, aimed at improving attainment through a more structured national testing system.

But he will best be remembered among educators for record - setting philanthropic efforts aimed at promoting improvement of the nation's public schools.

Since education is aimed at life development, eLearning is a privilege that can boost improvement across fields of knowledge and innovations.

(Sec. 1003) The bill consolidates funding for School Improvement Grants, which are aimed at turning around the lowest - performing schools, into the title I - A funding formula.

The release of a new report on the effects of School Improvement Grants (SIG), part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act aimed at improving the nation's lowest performing schools, called into question the viability of improving low - performing schools at scale.

It is not enough to merely launch initiatives aimed at improving the sense school leaders have of their efficacy for school improvement.

The findings and recommendations are outlined in «Teacher Evaluation and Support Systems: a Roadmap for Improvement,» a new resource aimed at helping policymakers chart a course forward.

He is also the faculty director of the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, a research partnership between Vanderbilt and the Tennessee Department of Education aimed at improving the state's school improvement efforts by connecting research to policy and practice.