Sentences with phrase «alternative model structures»

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Alternative «warm dark matter» models of cosmic structure — in which galaxy formation was seeded by lighter, faster - moving particles that would not have clumped together as readily as cold dark matter — could eliminate the need for the missing galaxies.

(C) Alternative population model assuming the presence of ancestral population structure in these populations.

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The heart of Gonski's model is an alternative way of structuring the curriculum.

The structure is modeled and pupils are given opportunities to follow the structure and analyse alternative extracts independently for the entire lesson.

LJAF's investments in K - 12 education seek to advance the portfolio model of school governance, an alternative structure that promotes a decentralized administration, more school choice for families, and increased flexibility and accountability for educators.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

Finally, the state has created an innovative alternative governance structure to turn around failing schools through the Recovery School District, which serves as a model for governance intervention across the nation.»

Charter schools, which create an alternative to the traditional school model and shift the structure of the public institutions through which public dollars flow, can also generate their own advocates in the communities they serve.

While alternative models for FAA governance may be considered in the reauthorization process, the FAA has consistently stated that any governance changes should work to solve the challenges FAA faces, not just reshuffle the organizational structure.

Dogs with compulsive behaviours may provide an alternative approach for elucidating the genetic basis of OCD and related disorders, since the unique population structure of domestic dogs has been demonstrated to provide an ideal model for mapping behavioural and medical traits [66], [67].

In the exhibition, dual wall progressions, screens, and corrals relate to the architectural structure of their surroundings and are potentially regarded as a result of the communal, alternative production models devised in the scenarios.

An alternative would be to structure an open - ended agreement modeled on the iterative negotiation process of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

The findings also showed that the traditional law firm model is being challenged by alternative providers, with GCs having the freedom to choose the best legal provider structure for their needs

As the economic model of law firms changes with the rise of alternative billing structures to the billable hour, there may be more room for creativity in providing flexibile work arrangements for lawyers.

Some of the above examples of access to justice are those that are commonly predicted by advocates of alternative structures: business models that facilitate reduced and fixed price legal services and / or unbundling, technology that enables standardization and improved processes to handle large volumes of cases or contracts, branding that reduces the client's search costs and increases their level of trust, multidisciplinary services that significantly ease the client experience notably because they do not need to assemble or coordinate different streams of work.

UK Alternative Business Structures for Legal Practice: Emerging Models and Lessons for the US.

We now have alternative business structures out of the UK and a myriad of companies providing legal advisory and LPO services without the fee - draining partnership model.

While some New Law models have been created as a direct result of the economic downturn, the founding partners of Valorem started talking prior to the recession about creating alternative fee structures for their clients.

Some even question the long - term future of the partnership model, as more lawyers now seek something different to partnership, and the arrival of alternative business structures (ABSs) promise new ways of financing and running a legal business.

A NewLaw pioneer for the last 20 years, Chris has been an advisor and architect of a range of new legal business models, agile working, process improvement, outsourcing and shared service strategies and the creation of a string of new entrant Alternative Business Structures (ABS) in the UK market.

Andy Daws, Riverview's vice-president North America, says the 2007 Legal Services Act, which was designed to promote competition, innovation and the public and consumer interest, has made the U.K. «the world's legal laboratory right now,» where experiments in ownership structure, service delivery, and alternative business models are being carried out, with varying degrees of success.

John Ray, Senior Consultant, Law Firm Consulting Group: Ray explains that, with respect to Model Rule 5.4, the decision makers of the ABA have a conflict of interest because the large corporations that the decision makers, as lawyers, represent have a vested interest in opposing alternative structures.

Others include «new business models,» «new business structures,» «alternative business models,» and «liberalized structures.»

Their work included a review of Model Rule 5.4, and in particular whether it should be revised in order to allow for alternative structures.

The CBA's Futures report is generating a lot of conversation around its recommendations permitting alternative practice models, including alternative business structures.

This trend will only be further reinforced by alternative business structures opening up options for external funding, and giving firms the means to develop wholly new business models for subsidiary operations.

Towards the end of last year, national spinal injury charity, Aspire, entered into an Alternative Business Structure with legal firm, Moore Blatch, to create a Social Enterprise Model called Aspire Law.

The legal business model is both expanding globally and, closer to home, taking on new dimensions in alternative and complementary business structures.

This Commission was tasked to perform a review not only of alternative business structures and multidisciplinary practices, but of all the Model Rules «in the context of advances in technology and global legal practice developments.»

It is not obvious either what the opportunities or challenges of alternative business structures are within the scope of our current regulatory model.

There has been a lot of debate over what adverse effects alternative business structures and ownership models will have on the core values of the legal profession, including lawyer independence, client confidentiality, and the duties owed by lawyers to a client — particularly the duty to avoid conflicts of interest.

Networks arebehind the perception curve but could catch up with the reality of what they can offer, especially if they tighten up selection criteria, create funding for branding and technology, adopt a corporate structure that rewards efficiency, and provide clients with a viable alternative to the partnership model shared by mega-firms and the Big Four.

A widespread rejection of the hourly rate billing model leaves many firms struggling to come up with a viable alternative and without the capability to re-engineer their business model to support these new fee structures.

The findings also showed that the traditional law firm model is being challenged by alternative providers, with GCs having the freedom to choose the best legal provider structure for their needs In this article, Michael Siebold, Chair of Inter - law, will shed light on the way «New Law» mod - els are challenging the «Big Law» approach to give GCs this much needed depth and breadth they are seeking in legal provider.

the Law Society of Upper Canada working group on alternative business structures issued a report advising that it «does not propose to further examine any majority or controlling non-licensee ownership models for traditional law firms in Ontario at this time» but it will continue to explore options for «more limited non-licensee ownership models.»

The County of Carleton Law Association held a town hall meeting at the Ottawa Courthouse Wednesday night to discuss alternative business structures and answer questions its members have regarding the differing models as part of their survey process in preparing a report to the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Parabis Group has received its alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), making it the first private - equity backed organisation to take up the business model.

It is also, in part, a structural matter, because most law firms still aspire to the old textbook, broad - based pyramidic structure; whereas alternative methods of sourcing call for a revision if not rejection of that model.

«Law firms have been extraordinarily profitable over the last 50 years based on a model that has them charging by the hour, so clients are rewarding effort, not results,» said Kirmayer, who regularly speaks at in - house counsel conferences about how to structure alternative fees.

Law firms currently face a myriad of challenges (to name just a few...): technological advances, changing market structure, big data, predictive analytics, business model re-design, alternative career structures, changing talent pools, emerging new working patterns, alternative talent requirements.

The role and structure of PBCs were discussed above in section 2, Governance, where it was suggested that there is a need for alternatives to the existing PBC model and for traditional owners to be able to choose which governance structure to adopt in light of their particular circumstances and goals.

to assess if the structure in six factors, highlighted by the exploratory factor analysis, fitted best with the data, as compared to alternative models.

First two alternative models were tested using Exploratory factor analysis (EFA): 1) a standard EFA to examine the factor structure and to have a baseline model for EFA comparisons, and 2) a bifactor EFA.

Consideration of alternative governance arrangements must not be restricted to one model, such as the regional authority structure adopted in the Torres Strait.

[jounal] Hu, L. J. / 1999 / Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternative / Structural Equation Modeling 6: 1 ~ 55

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[jounal] Hu, L. / 1999 / Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives / Structural Equation Modeling 6: 1 ~ 55

Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that while the hypothesized three - factor model fit significantly better than an alternative one - factor model, the fit indices associated with the three - factor model were below satisfactory cutoffs, thus tempering conclusions that the best fitting structure was found and highlighting the need for additional research.