Sentences with phrase «analyzing national changes»

I investigate by analyzing national changes in PISA reading scores from 2000, when the test was first given, to 2102.

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But a team of researchers affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. is working to change disease diagnosis capabilities by developing a piece of technology that patients blow into, so a sensor can analyze the biomarkers in their breath — a breathalyzer that screens for illness.

A UBS team led by economist Seth Carpenter analyzed year - over-year changes in US county - level unemployment rates and saw that they illustrated some bigger patterns in the national and global economies.

In what meanwhile has happened to race relations in America, I find no reason to surrender my contention that a gradually ever - fuller realization of the ideals contained in that national ethos is more than a selected viewpoint when observing and analyzing the facts; it is and will remain the historical trend of change in this country — in a sense the destiny of America, if America is not going to give up its essential national personality.

With data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System covering 1994 to 2011, the researchers analyzed fatal motor vehicle crashes in Colorado and in the 34 states that did not have medical marijuana laws, comparing changes over time in the proportion of drivers who were marijuana - positive and alcohol - impaired.

Since 1988, the ministry has relied on the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) to analyze land cover changes in the Amazon, which holds the world's largest intact swaths of forest.

The study analyzed data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, exploring which demographic groups, medications, and reasons for visiting the emergency room may account for this change in prescribing rates.

Borić and Price analyzed skeletons whose age had been directly determined by radiocarbon dating and spotted a significant change in the strontium profile right around the time that the first signs of Neolithic culture show up, as they report online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The study analyzed data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a research program supported by the National Cancer Institute and National Human Genome Research Institute within the National Institutes of Health that is looking at genomic changes in more than 20 different types of cancer.

In the paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), West and his colleagues Markus Nagler and Marc Piopiunik analyzed how selection into the teaching profession changes in times of recession.

The study, Resegregation in American Schools, analyzes the latest data from the National Center of Education Statistics» Common Core of Education Statistics, and examines changes in racial composition in American schools, national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial National Center of Education Statistics» Common Core of Education Statistics, and examines changes in racial composition in American schools, national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial schools.

Students look at evidence of the changing demographics of the United States and analyze what it suggests about the complexity of the country's national identity.

Other activities in which teacher candidates engaged have engaged in my courses are attending webinars hosted by the National Council of Geography Education on integrating online maps into pedagogical practice, using Google Earth ™ to create flyovers and virtual fieldtrips, retrieving and analyzing remotely sensed imagery of our town and university to visualize how these places had changed and developed over the years, using various functions in Google Maps ™, and reviewing school demographic and testing data in preparation for instructional planning.

The National Center on Education and the Economy was created in 1988 to analyze the implications of changes in the international economy for American education, formulate an agenda for American education based on that analysis and seek wherever possible to accomplish that agenda through policy change and development of the resources educators would need to carry it out.

Jessica Tierney, lead scientist on the project and currently a post-doctoral researcher with National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate and Global Change program, analyzed core samples from the lake floor to deduce lake surface temperatures over the past 1,500 years.

WASHINGTON — In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, U.S. naval forces should begin now to strengthen capabilities in the Arctic, prepare for more frequent humanitarian missions, and analyze potential vulnerabilities of seaside bases and facilities, says a new report by the National Research Council.

His equation accurately explained species changes in the Yellowstone National park system over an 80 year period that was analyzed.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

Dr. Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, and colleagues at the National Allergy Bureau and Aerobiology Canada, analyzed ragweed pollen counts at ten monitoring stations along a south to north transect, from Texas north to Saskatchewan, Canada, from 1995 to 2009.

[In a to - our - knowledge unprecedented move, the CIA recently announced that it is opening a new center to analyze the national security risks of climate change.

Inhofe was a co-plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in 2000, trying to bar the distribution or use of the National Assessment, which analyzed potential impacts of climate change on the U.S..

As such, the GCRA (Section 106) mandated that the CCSP prepare, not less frequently than every four years, a scientific assessment report, or National Assessment, of global climate change research that, among other things, analyzes the effects of global change on eight specific areas, including: «the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity.»

Just last month, the House passed language in the Defense Authorization Act that would bar the Pentagon from analyzing how climate change will affect national security.

28 March 2015 Earlier this week, the World Resources Institute (WRI) launched its CAIT Paris Contributions Map, a new tool on the CAIT Climate Data Explorer for tracking and analyzing intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which are the national climate action plans that will form the basis of a new international climate change agreement, set to be finalized during a high - level climate summit in Paris in December (COP 21).

The Department of Defense has analyzed the climate threat and wrote a climate change adaptation roadmap for addressing the threat of climate change to national security efforts.

In our study, we looked at four different framing types for a $ 250,000 home in a set zip code and analyzed how the rate changed for a national home insurer.

• Passionate, critical - thinker seeking a Business Analyst position at National Instruments using deep understanding of business change needs, assessing the impact of change and analyzing requirements to meet those needs.

BearingPoint, Inc. (McLean, VA) 2005 — 2008 Senior Consultant • Led data management project for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Analyzed NASA operations and determined appropriate business systems for company use • Oversaw operation of central budgeting, accounting, and project management system • Responsible for system installation, administration, configuration, and quality assurance • Prepared system design documentation highlighting system operation and workflow changes • Managed 600 user support line, directed support technicians, and provided excellent service • Designed and delivered instructional courses and materials for system end - users

Drawing two samples of full - time married workers from the 1992 National Study of the Changing Workforce, this article analyzed the determinants of placing restrictions on work efforts (reducing work hours, refusing to travel, etc.) for the sake of family life.