Sentences with phrase «at sweeping measures»

Such efforts may feel like small ball to a president for whom «huge» denotes high praise, but over the long haul they are likely to accomplish more than any attempts at sweeping measures.

Not exact matches

It was a clean sweep for North Shore referendum measures, with three school districts winning at the polls Tuesday and Glenview Park District voters approving two new swimming pools.

Meta - analysis of three RCTs showed significant benefit for sweep VEP acuity at 12 months (log of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR)-RRB-(mean difference (MD)-0.15, 95 % confidence interval (CI)-0.17 to -0.13; I2 = 0; three trials; N = 244), but meta - analysis of three other RCTs showed no benefit for visual acuity measured with Teller cards at 12 months (cycles / degree)(MD -0.01, 95 % CI -0.12 to 0.11; I2 = 0; three trials; N = 256).

Director General at the Association of British Insurers, Huw Evans, said: «Having worked with the previous Government on delivering sweeping reforms to the pensions market and on practical measures to reduce car insurance premiums and tackle flood risk, the insurance industry looks forward to a constructive relationship with the new Parliament.

At that moment, the questioner seemed to be looking for some grand sweeping mechanism, but I think the reality is much more complicated: how you measure social media depends on what you're trying to make it do.

In a letter to members of the NRA and the Unified Sportsmen of Florida, posted online Wednesday by Ammoland, Hammer focused her wrath on GOP lawmakers — particularly Sen. Doug Broxson of the Panhandle town of Gulf Breeze — who supported the sweeping measure (SB 7026), which was rushed into law shortly after the Feb. 14 deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Scott Weaver, a virologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, notes that in places where chikungunya immunity was measured, «typically from 20 to 50 percent of the population became infected as the outbreak swept through a given region.»

«We recognize the pattern at CDC where we need to greatly improve the culture of safety, and I am overseeing sweeping measures to improve that culture of safety,» he said.

June 30, 2011 • Strikes in Britain are the latest in a series of protests sweeping Europe over the imposition of tough austerity measures aimed at controlling debt and spending.

I don't raise the question in the hopes of getting any good responses but just so those who count public education reform noses will push their spectacles up on their foreheads and blink at a future that's a bit farther out then is measured by the sweep of a watch's second hand.

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Watching a Titan sweep its guns this way and that in a panic as you chip away at its armour while avoiding its gaze is one of the best experiences in multiplayer gaming, and when you down one of the metal beasts on foot and skewer its ejecting Pilot for good measure, you feel like a god.

Carefully measured, the exhibition space was clearly demarcated by an open, grey form swept clean using a dustpan and brush — a form that mirrors exactly the concrete surfaces of the 70s - era stripmall shop at Cologne's Ebertplatz, where Bruch & Dallas exists alongside three other project spaces since 2009.

The Budget comes on the heels of the Drummond Report, which was released in mid-February and which recommended sweeping reform measures aimed at increasing efficiencies within the broader public service and the delivery of a variety government programs....

On February 15, 2012, the Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services (the «Commission») released its long - awaited, 543 - page report (the «Report», commonly referred to as the «Drummond Report») which identifies sweeping reform measures aimed at increasing efficiencies within the broader public service («BPS»).

• Demonstrated ability to follow floor plans and directions to install hardwood, vinyl and laminate floors • Demonstrated expertise in planning floor installation process in accordance to set deadlines and budget constraints • Hands - on experience in installing LVT, VCT, carpet and ceramic floors as directed by customers • Complete insight into mixing and applying required compounds to join and adhere foundation materials • Proficient in sweeping, scraping and cleaning base surfaces to correct imperfections in a bid to prepare worksites for flooring work • Adept at cutting coverings and foundation materials according to specifications laid out in blueprints and sketches • Competent at using a variety of hand and power tools by following strict safety measures • Hands - on experience in cutting, trimming and shaping materials so that they align with walls • Demonstrated ability to measure, cut and install skirting along walls or baseboards • Documented success in creating and maintaining effective working relationships with vendors and suppliers in a bid to acquire materials on time • Proven record of efficiently handle repair, remodeling and renovation work on floors, using exceptional insight of repair and maintenance work • Qualified to provide a neat finishing touch to installed floors by performing buffing and polishing duties

• Competent at emptying and cleaning waste receptors, disposing trash in an environmental friendly manner • Well versed in clearing off snow from walkways and driving lots using chemical cleaners • Proficient in communicating courteously with colleagues and patrons • Demonstrated ability to clean and disinfect isolation rooms periodically as per HIPPA issued applicable SOPs • Adept at carpet shampooing using steam cleaners • Familiar with deworming and fumigation protocols and applicable safety measures • Effective skills in removing any stains from the floor and staircases and disinfecting the same periodically • Efficient in washing and cleaning restrooms and sanitizing the same • Substantial knowledge of various chemical cleaners and detergents, compliant to safety protocols associated with usage of same • Special talent for dusting and polishing furniture, door handles and window sills • Expert in scrubbing, buffing and refinishing all kinds of floor • Excellent skills in glass cleaning and giving it steak free shine using synthetic shiners • Proven ability to vacuum and clean rugs, carpets and matted floors • Track record of conducting minor premises and floor maintenance tasks and reducing overall damage • Profound skills in floor mopping, brushing and sweeping utilizing various manual and electric mops and water dip equipment • Knowledge of OSHA issued workplace hygiene and safety guidelines • Familiar with proper usage protocols of various cleaning equipment along with proven ability to clean and store the same properly after usage • Well versed in maintaining and ensuring the privacy, dignity and wellbeing of citizens, patients and residents • Demonstrated ability to listen to and understand client needs, follow instructions and deliver customer oriented satisfactory floor cleaning services

To obtain a measure of development at school entry therefore, has required data to be merged from two sweeps of data collection each corresponding with the child's first year at primary school.

Rules and routines were measured at sweeps 2 and 5.

Thus to obtain a measure of development at school entry, data was merged from two sweeps of data collection each corresponding with the child's first year at primary school.

Using information on family type (couple family or lone parent household) collected at every sweep, a variable was constructed which measured stability or changes in family type between the ages of 2 and 5 (sweeps 1 to 4).

The warmth of mother - child relationship was measured at sweep 5 using seven items from the Pianta scale (Pianta 1992)(reliability acceptable, Cronbach alpha = 0.67).

Future work will seek to strengthen this finding using teacher - reported measures of child wellbeing collected at age 10 (but not available for this study), and by examining father - child relationships at age 10 in relation to children's wellbeing measured in future sweeps of GUS.

We looked at five indicators of child disadvantage, measured at sweep 4 of GUS, including being overweight, concerns over language development, and social, emotional and behavioural problems - and explored whether persistently poor children were at greater risk of these.

Home chaos was measured at sweep 5.

Early mother - infant attachment was measured at sweep 1 using an abbreviated six - item version of the Condon mother - infant attachment scale (Condon and Corkindale 1998).

At sweeps 1 and 5 (ages 10 months and 58 months respectively), parental mental health was measured by the Medical Outcomes Study 12 - Item Short Form (SF - 12) mental health component.

Harsh discipline was measured at sweeps 2 and 4 from parents» replies to questions about whether they had ever smacked their child at sweep 2, and whether they had ever smacked, or smacked in the last year, at sweep 4.

Parental supervision was measured at sweep 4 using an abbreviated version of the Parent Supervision Attributes Profile Questionnaire (Morrongiello and Corbett 2006).

Research on factors conducive to positive change in parenting behaviour, using parenting measures tracked at future sweeps of GUS would also be a useful addition to the evidence base for parenting policy.

Information on each mother's activities with their child was measured at sweeps 2, 3 and 4.

GUS has measured maternal mental health using two different scales: at sweeps 1 and 3 (ages 10 months and 34 months respectively), the SF12 Mental Health Component Score (MCS) was used, whereas at sweeps 2 and 4 (ages 22 months and 46 months respectively) selected items from the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS10) were used.

The use of two different scales at alternative sweeps potentially presents some problems in relation to comparability, particularly as the MCS aims to assess the impact mental health problems have on everyday life, while the DASS is a more symptomatic measure.

In order to obtain a fuller picture of parenting this report also uses parenting measures collected at sweep 5.

Similar measures of looking at books / reading stories and saying nursery rhymes / singing were collected for the first sweep of both cohorts (measures were not collected for visiting friends and hours of TV watching for this age group).

Measured using according to whether the mother's mean score SF - 12 (Ware et al. 1996) Health Survey mental health items measured at sweeps 1, 3 and 5 was below 1 SD of mean sample population value, indicating maternal depMeasured using according to whether the mother's mean score SF - 12 (Ware et al. 1996) Health Survey mental health items measured at sweeps 1, 3 and 5 was below 1 SD of mean sample population value, indicating maternal depmeasured at sweeps 1, 3 and 5 was below 1 SD of mean sample population value, indicating maternal depression.

Few measures of the child's socio - emotional development were available at this stage; but subsequent sweeps will allow longitudinal associations between parental attitudes or feelings, parenting behaviours and child development to be examined.