Sentences with phrase «approach for evaluating»

In this toolkit, implementers of youth programming are provided a variety of references, resources, and tools on how to use a positive youth development (PYD) approach for evaluating youth - focused programming.

The intent of this review was to provide a framework for conceptualizing pediatric service provision in terms of specific developmental health care outcomes and to explore whether the current evidence base supports this kind of approach for evaluating health services intended to promote optimal development or prevent developmental morbidity.

OIPC is developing an approach for evaluating intensive whole - of - government initiatives in Indigenous communities and regions.

Succession planning, a systematic approach for evaluating, developing, and promoting talent from within an organization, enables HR managers to quickly and successfully fill out companies» leadership rosters and avoid organizational risk.

A nonparametric approach for evaluating long - term energy policy scenarios: An application to the Greek energy system

Halkos, George and Tzeremes, Nickolaos and Tzeremes, Panagiotis (2014): A nonparametric approach for evaluating long - term energy policy scenarios: An application to the Greek energy system.

Instead of value - based feedback, inquiry coupled by deep observation encourages a more open - ended and in - depth approach for evaluating students» work.

In our study, we have drawn on commercial methods used to evaluate brands and new product concepts to develop a comparative approach for evaluating the public reaction to a variety of climate engineering concepts.»

«These findings, if validated in larger studies, could potentially support the use of contrast - enhanced mammography as an alternative approach for evaluating residual cancer in the preoperative setting.»

Her research has focused on refining noninvasive electrophysiological approaches for evaluating retinal and anterior visual pathway function in normal subjects and subjects with inherited or acquired diseases that affect visual function.

In it, the authors review bioinformatics approaches for evaluating single - base substitutions in both coding and noncoding regions, with an emphasis on large cancer resequencing efforts including the Tumor Sequencing Project, the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and the AML1 cancer genome.

It's possible to have a reasonable and respectful argument about the merits and drawbacks of different approaches for evaluating and compensating teachers, assessing student learning, or improving school performance.

Race to the Top will challenge Rhode Island districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge Georgia districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge North Carolina districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge New York districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge Florida districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge Ohio districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

Race to the Top will challenge Maryland districts and schools to develop whole new approaches for evaluating teachers and increasing teacher effectiveness.

The Obama administration, through its Race to the Top initiative, is encouraging states to develop approaches for evaluating teachers that incorporate student - achievement results.

States are trying a variety of approaches for evaluating and regulating older drivers.

Not exact matches

«During the past year, management and the Board have been focused on launching the BlackBerry 10 platform and BES 10, establishing a strong financial position, and evaluating the best approach to delivering long - term value for customers and shareholders,» Dattel said.

As the Grace Hopper Celebration approaches, it's a good time for the small group of leaders across the tech industry to pause and evaluate if they are doing enough (and doing it systematically) to effect real change.

A phased approach to due diligence provides investors with a structured process for evaluating each investment opportunity against standard criteria.

«During the past year, management and the Board have been focused on launching the BlackBerry 10 platform and BES 10, establishing a strong financial position, and evaluating the best approach to delivering long - term value for customers and shareholders,» said Timothy Dattels, Chairman of BlackBerry's Special Committee of the Board.

It became able to detect how «natural» a link was, and took a more natural approach to evaluating anchor text, which could previously be stuffed with keywords to improve a relevance score for those targets.

For those who have researched the industry, the systematic process for evaluating and completing a new venture capital investment opportunity has many different and structured approaches that can differ widely by Venture capital firms, and can vary greatly due to specifics of the target company or the transaction proceFor those who have researched the industry, the systematic process for evaluating and completing a new venture capital investment opportunity has many different and structured approaches that can differ widely by Venture capital firms, and can vary greatly due to specifics of the target company or the transaction procefor evaluating and completing a new venture capital investment opportunity has many different and structured approaches that can differ widely by Venture capital firms, and can vary greatly due to specifics of the target company or the transaction process.

If intermittent fasting is appealing, give it full effort for a few weeks before evaluating success or failure of that approach.

This document sets out the detailed scientific approach to evaluating the contribution of Commonwealth environmental water at the Basin scale for Fish.

This document sets out the detailed scientific approach to evaluating the contribution of Commonwealth environmental water at the Basin scale for Vegetation.

Shannon Crossbear, Native American Elder, shares advice for parents on how to take a holistic approach to evaluating and improving the mental health of your child

This one day course to be run by Trefor Lloyd will demonstrate clearer understanding of evaluation methods; increased understanding of different evaluation approaches and the mechanisms involved; and greater knowledge of and strategies for evaluating their work with boys and young men.

Individual growth curve models were developed for multilevel analysis and specifically designed for exploring longitudinal data on individual changes over time.23 Using this approach, we applied the MIXED procedure in SAS (SAS Institute) to account for the random effects of repeated measurements.24 To specify the correct model for our individual growth curves, we compared a series of MIXED models by evaluating the difference in deviance between nested models.23 Both fixed quadratic and cubic MIXED models fit our data well, but we selected the fixed quadratic MIXED model because the addition of a cubic time term was not statistically significant based on a log - likelihood ratio test.

For purposes of this and future Reports, we believe it is appropriate to take a fresh, holistic approach as to what constitutes «advanced telecommunications capability» in order to evaluate its availability to all Americans.

«We really need a more standardized and more accountable approach to evaluating whether or not we're getting the bang for the buck that's being given in terms of tax breaks and other incentives that IDAs give out,» DiNapoli said.

Guard officials described the assessment as a «disciplined approach to identify major waterway safety hazards, estimate risk levels, evaluate potential mitigation measures and set the stage for implementation of selected measures to reduce risk.»

A statement issued by the Coast Guard late Wednesday said Poulin «has suspended future rulemaking decisions and directed a formal risk identification and evaluation of the Hudson River, known as a Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA)... a disciplined approach to identify major waterway safety hazards, estimate risk levels, evaluate potential mitigation measures and set the stage for implementation of selected measures to reduce risk.»

As preliminary budget hearings at the City Council approach the end of their third week, the Committee on Governmental Operations will meet Thursday to evaluate the expense plan for a host of city agencies.

The team have used a «macrophysiological approach» for the first time ever to evaluate the effectiveness of an ongoing conservation plan.

«Complex models are needed to effectively evaluate PMed study designs, and this proof - of - concept trial validates the dog with cancer as a model for clinical evaluation of novel PMed approaches,» said Dr. Melissa Paoloni, the study's lead author and former director of the COTC.

«Imaging could potentially augment the existing approaches that clinicians use to evaluate brain injury by looking below the surface for TBI pathology,» Morey said.

Three approaches were used to evaluate the outstanding «carbon budget» (the total amount of CO2 emissions compatible with a given global average warming) for 1.5 °C: re-assessing the evidence provided by complex Earth System Models, new experiments with an intermediate - complexity model, and evaluating the implications of current ranges of uncertainty in climate system properties using a simple model.

Within practices, up to 60 consecutive patients were entered and evaluated for 24 months to determine whether the implementation of an accelerated step - care approach would improve the management of Crohn's disease in comparison to conventional management methods.

Common approaches to prediction include using a significance - based criterion for evaluating variables to use in models and evaluating variables and models simultaneously for prediction using cross-validation or independent test data.

An alternative approach to evaluating aid effectiveness would ask: «What works for whom, in what ways, under what conditions?»

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt together with dental technicians have digitally analysed modern human teeth using an engineering approach, finite element method, to evaluate the biomechanical behaviour of teeth under realistic loading.

«No reliable approach is currently available for complete restoration of damaged articular cartilage,» said Dr. Bai - wen Qi, «in this study, CS / PVA gel was combined with rabbit bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) transfected with hTGFβ - 1 and used to repair rabbit articular cartilage defects and the repair effect was evaluated.»

Historically, clinicians evaluating a patient for transplant have sought to identify donor cells that are perfectly matched to the patient's cell type, which is considered to be the optimal approach to help ensure successful outcomes and to minimize risk of graft - versus - host disease (GVHD), a serious and potentially life - threatening complication that occurs when the donated immune cells attack the patient's cells as foreign tissue.

The approach was developed by Pacific Center Director Paul Glassman, a professor of dentistry at University of the Pacific, who collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders to leverage advances in dentistry and telehealth, create training programs for dentists and hygienists, and win policy and other changes needed to pilot and evaluate the system.

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies an approach for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate policy options for making premiums through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) more affordable for those who have limited ability to pay.