Sentences with phrase «association meant a number»

Disqualification by association meant a number of school staff were sent home indefinitely because of who they shared a house with, waiting for clear guidance on when, and on the basis of what risk assessment, they could return.

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One reason the metaphor of the sun fascinates me is that it bears on a conflict that has been at the heart of information science since its inception: Can meaning be described compactly and precisely, or is it something that can emerge only approximately from statistical associations between large numbers of components?

This year, I have committed to become a Member of National Speaker's Association, which means I have to do a certain number of paid speaking engagements and also receive a number of testimonials.

Indeed, her survey of Maine residents who feed outdoor cats leads her to conclude that this population may be no more than 10 — 15 percent of the pet cat population — which, if one does a back - of - the - envelope calculation using survey data from the American Pet Products Association and census data for the number of households in Maine, would mean something like 18,700 — 28,000 unowned cats.

Guests will have an opportunity to learn about color, its meaning and personal associations through a number of different mediums and mechanisms from workshops in color theory and color mixing to private colortherapy sessions, color perception surveys and color portraits.

Throughout this summer across Peckham and Southwark the Artist Adam James in association with MOCA London will host a number of artist led events including artist talks, workshops, participatory performances, walks, float - making, Nordic Larps and story - telling exploring themes relating to «truth» and group engagement as means to unleash collective unconscious.

We found positive and consistent associations with congenital cataracts of multiple ambient heat exposure indicators, including 5 - degree increases in the mean daily UAT (minimum, mean, and maximum), a heat wave episode, the number of heat waves, and the number of days above the 90th percentile of UAT.

By its question, the referring Court asks, in essence, whether Article 101 (1) TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that agreements whereby car insurance companies come to bilateral arrangements, either with car dealers acting as car repair shops, or with an association representing the latter, concerning the hourly charge to be paid by the insurance company for repairs to vehicles insured by it, stipulating that that charge depends, inter alia, on the number and percentage of insurance contracts that the dealer has sold as intermediary for that company, can be considered a restriction of competition «by object» within the meaning of that provision.

The Canadian Bar Association's Envisioning Equal Justice consultation paper, Underexplored Alternatives for the Middle Class, recognizes the need to «re-engineer» dispute resolution processes and explores a number of court process reforms as potential means to provide better access to judicial dispute resolution.

In addition, programs need to be staffed at a level that allows for teacher - child ratios that are appropriate for the age of the children and the size of the group, such as those required for programs accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.44 Low teacher - child ratios enable teachers to focus on the individual needs of the children and engage them in meaningful interactions.45 This means having both an adequate number of teachers specifically assigned to a classroom, as well as providing sufficient substitutes or floaters to cover for breaks, planning time, and paid leave.

The current study's procedure was different from previous studies on treatment fidelity in PMTO (Forgatch and DeGarmo 2011; Forgatch et al. 2005; Hukkelberg and Ogden 2013) in a number of ways: the present study (a) included multiple outcome measures of PMTO instead of only parenting practices or externalizing behavior; (b) examined the FIMP dimensions separately instead of using a mean or a single construct; and (c) examined the association between fidelity scores and treatment outcome at different assessment points.

(T) «Membership» as used in this Section shall mean in the records of the National Association the combined number of REALTOR ® and REALTOR - ASSOCIATE ® members holding primary membership in a Member Board within the geographic area as of the July 31st of the year of the election.