Sentences with phrase «as capacity challenges»

For example, rural schools face uneven broadband access and infrastructure to support technology - based instructional tools as well as capacity challenges with small staffs in adopting what may be a radically different instructional orientation.

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By replacing the directors — who presumably would side with Dauman — Redstone and his daughter Shari, who serves as Viacom's vice-chair, have given themselves a solid majority of the company's 11 - member board, aimed at withstanding even a challenge to Redstone's mental capacity.

«Our view is that General Electric's key challenge is in North America and it relates to the lack of robust demand for new gas - fired power capacity coupled with an installed fleet that is coming off Long Term Service Agreements that were put in place as far back as 2000,» Obin explained.

Early business ventures build children's capacity to balance risks, overcome challenges as they work toward goals and cope with the disappointment of failure.

One of the biggest challenges of running a data warehouse in a high - growth company is having to continuously manage capacity and performance as schemas and workloads rapidly evolve.

The resources they produce could be used to relieve capacity problems in the Northeast, but continued legal challenges and political opposition have stalled or slowed planned infrastructure projects such as the Constitution Pipeline and Access Northeast pipeline.

However, Los Angeles is slowly building the capacity to become a global center for innovators and entrepreneurs, as the city draws upon its considerable resources to embrace the technological challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution.

7th October 2016 With challenging economic conditions causing many South African chrome producers to ramp down their furnace operations and shift their focus to maintaining their plants and equipment as best as possible within their financial constraints, high - capacity furnace specialist Tenova Pyromet has seen... →

The Aerospace Industries Association, a trade organization for the aerospace and defense industry, recognizes this challenge: the AIA's Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommends «that the nation immediately reverse the decline in, and promote the growth of, a scientifically and technologically trained U.S. aerospace workforce,» adding that «the breakdown of America's intellectual and industrial capacity is a threat to national security and our capability to continue as a world leader.»

As FinTech companies disrupt the financial services industry with marketplace lending and blockchain - based supply chains, wholesale banks are meeting the challenge by reprioritizing IT spending and improving their innovation capacity.

We are, then, flatly denied the capacity to judge current history and arrive at the conclusion that «This or that is its true meaning»... What we are permitted to know of history comes to this: «This, in one way or another, is history's challenge to me; this is its claim on me; and so this is its meaning as far as I am concerned.»

Its mission, following the example set by Pike, is to build the capacity of the Bible translation movement to use scholarly research as a tool in meeting the challenges it faces.

In brief, social change — this rapid, turbulent, accelerating scene — is more than a professional challenge; it is a total human challenge, and to deal with it as human beings, be we professionals or nonprofessionals, we must unashamedly call upon the full range of our human capacities and interests — scientific, artistic, and religious.

To be consonant with the Word of God, philosophy needs first of all to recover its sapiential dimension as a search for... the ultimate framework of the unity of human knowledge and action, leading them to converge towards a final goal and meaning (para. 81)... to verify the human capacity... to come to a knowledge which can reach objective truth (para. 82)... Hence we face a great challenge at the end of this millennium to move from phenomenon to foundation, a step as necessary as it is urgent.

But it does lie within our capacity at least to challenge the dogmas of scientific materialism that rule out any point of contact between our myths of hope and the apparently unsympathetic world of nature that is often presented to us as the necessary consequent of a scientific approach to reality.

This will be a major challenge in the horticultural production areas of Savannakhet and the Bolaven Plateau as little crop health capacity exists to support farmers.

It is with a sense of pride that I continue to count myself as a world record holder but am equally surprised that the club's PR department have failed, as yet, to mount a new challenge as another consequence of increased capacity.

My second book, How Children Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through childhood.

«Finally, the PDP assures its numerous supporters across the country of the dividends of the on - going rebuilding and re-engineering process in the party to re-position the party for the electoral challenges ahead especially as it has become clear that APC lacks the capacity to handle governance and provide economic direction for the country, but has only succeeded in injecting bad blood and division among Nigerians resulting in the current threats to national cohesion and stability.

Ghana's cyber and border security systems are fraught with administrative challenges as well as inadequate logistics and human capacity.

A spokesperson from Bis said:» We are committed to a 27 per cent reduction in our resources and, as recognised by the NAO, we are working hard to ensure we have the skills and capacity to manage this challenging, but achievable target.»

In my capacity as chairman of the Senate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business committee, I hear every day how challenging New York state's business climate can be.

Owoseni, on Wednesday, also spoke at a conference on security challenges in health institutions scientific Lagos University Teaching Hospital in his capacity as the Lagos police commissioner.

The President in his response then makes reference to the weak capacity as cited by the journalists as part of the challenges in dealing with the menace.

«What would be a cause for concern is if this Bill was used by local authorities as a green light to intervene when they may not understand the challenges faced by a particular school, or may not have the capacity to offer the support needed.

Some political scientists have challenged the interpretation of the constitution and argue that when the elected President, Nana Akufo - Addo is still acting in his capacity as President outside the country, it is unnecessary to swear in an acting President.

Challenges highlighted for the year ahead were: Moving forward on piloting flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel screening; a national awareness campaign on bowel cancer; improving diagnostic capacity and productivity; the needs of survivors in different post-treatment phases; providing information to commissioners and providers about patients» experience of care; giving support to tackle issues such as information provision and better communication.

She mentioned illiteracy, policy deficiency, weak capacity and operational gaps as the challenges confronting the efficient delivery of WASH services in the country and called for collaboration from the government and partners to professionalize water service delivery for financial sustainability.

«Addressing the capacity constraints may turn out to be as challenging as developing an effective treatment for Alzheimer's,» said Dr. Soeren Mattke, the study's senior author and managing director of RAND Health Advisory Services.

It found that the capacity of clinical and non-clinical staff in hospitals and clinics to deal with incidents such as floods, earthquakes or other natural hazard is severely limited by a high workload and challenging targets which result in high levels of psychological stress.

In their Essay the authors argue that the Ebola and Zika responses highlight openness challenges for effective data sharing and that three major impediments limit data sharing: there are no established standards for data users to credit data providers; scientists may doubt that sharing data will advance their scholarly stature as much as publishing primary research; and scientists may not be able to share data effectively because of inadequate technology, standards, or human capacity.

Understanding human capacities to address climate challenges is as important today as it was in the past.

As someone who has worked with incarcerated sex offenders in both research and clinical capacities, I would emphasize the importance of also incorporating interventions challenging rape - supportive attitudes to simultaneously help nip the problem in the bud.

The researchers found that while the development of the centers heightened nationwide preparedness levels, challenges remained in providing the necessary treatment, and often strained an institution's capacity, especially in key areas such as waste disposal, staffing and pediatric care:

«One reason why we organized this session in the first place was to encourage the sharing of such perspectives within the context of how geophysicists can build local capacity, not only for dealing with acute issues such as disasters, but also longer term challenges like building capacity for economic growth.»

Launched in 1999, The Enterprise Challenge (TEC) is a pioneering approach by the Singapore government to «instill in the Public Service, the power and capacity to innovate, to bring about a different attitude to thinking, as well as the self - confidence to explore what must be — by definition — uncharted territory.»

Moving the Needle provides quarterly updates from PATH's Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) on our vaccine development efforts, as well as related supporting work, such as developing human challenge models, building capacity of developing - country vaccine manufacturers, and evaluating new adjuvants and other novel vaccine technologies.

With the new facilities VNSC is offering, coupled with NARIT's current and emerging infrastructures and facilities, we are also now taking human capacity building seriously as it is a new challenging task ahead of us to inspire the new generation to be exposed to science, technology and not astronomy alone.»

I had the capacity to be a teacher of life by being willing to share my own experiences as a way to connect and encourage others to break out of their own molds and grow from life challenges.

This may be because yoga practitioners routinely engage in postures that develop balance control skills while concurrently challenging executive function capacities such as attention, and concentration.

Despite the alienating material, Strathairn gives the finest performance of the film as he consistently challenges James» mental capacity — and nurses a small crush on James that dates back to his soap days.

Because many schools need help navigating in the sea of programs designed to promote these capacities — including youth development, character education, SEL, bullying and conflict resolution programs — the first phase of the work is devoted to developing a clear and cogent catalog of practices that have promise in 1) promoting caring school cultures, 2) developing specific emotional and ethical capacities in students such as self - regulation, and 3) responding to challenges such as sexual harassment and bullying.

In promoting children's rights - based participation, the CRC addresses the evolving capacities of the child and challenges parents and guardians to provide direction and guidance as children grow and acquire critical thinking skills and competencies.

Self - esteem is also seen as important in the contribution it makes to resilience, that capacity to persist in the face of challenge, pressure and disappointment.

Implementation problems and teacher capacity: The new assessments set forth more challenging proficiency benchmarks for students and required substantial investments in technology, as well as increased testing time.

The capacity challenges for states and school districts are immense as they contemplate taking on the new standards, which call for bringing greater depth to science understanding and asking students...

The report will also cover the challenges that RSC's will face in the short term from «coasting» schools, as well as explore longer term challenges from projected increases in pupil numbers and the capacity for expansion against demand for sponsors.

So, to some extent, this conclusion challenges perspectives of young people as «digital natives» with some form of innate and self - developed capacity to use digital technology.

Increase students» capacities to reframe pessimistic explanations with optimistic ones: Once students can identify their own pessimistic explanations, they can learn to reframe them by looking at challenges as temporary, specific, and possible to change with effort.

Collections of questions challenged students to apply their knowledge and skills to respond to complex real - world problems designed to measure capacities such as depth of understanding, writing and research skills, and complex analysis.