Sentences with phrase «background levels by»

The arsenic spikes were transient, and returned to acceptable background levels by the time the water was extracted for use farther away.

Not exact matches

Prospective students with a business background can stand out in the admissions process by showing why they want to take their career to the next level, studying the school and making sure their quantitative skills are sharp.

No less than other stories in the Jacob cycle, it reflects the background of the patriarchal age — frictions between groups (Hamor and Jacob); a level of sexual morality beyond the reach of our judgment and in any judgment ennobled by the integrity of Hamor and the love of his son for Dinah; the effort on the part of both families to effect a peaceful settlement honoring the religious sensibilities of the abused; the despicable violation of the terms of agreement by two of Jacob's sons; and finally, in perfect consonance with the general character of Jacob, his sharp rebuke of his sons not on moral but on utilitarian grounds:

and one that we won't see it happen since he left UFC, is Gegard Mousasi, that guy has lights years of experience of the highest level despite being only 32, as great as fight IQ as they come, he can read opponents too and adjust his game during the fight, solid Judo background as well and a straight up gangsta kickboxer... smart enough to not get hit by yoel bombs and pick him apart in the later rounds.

Described by Forever Sports Magazine as a, «yoga regime devised for boxers that became a fitness phenomenon», BoxingYoga ™ was created right here at Total Boxer and is a fun, powerful yoga - based training system open to all fitness levels and backgrounds.

And even though the inevitable corruption (that type of money turns even the saints into black - marketers) eventually rot everything all through the nineties the attempt by BCCI (India's cricket governing body) to better market the game was very well balanced with grass - root level development and had helped to create an ecosystem where children from backgrounds that could never dream of playing even for their state team can now aspire to be an international cricketer.

«Children who are born with high abilities but who come from poor backgrounds are overtaken in recorded levels of achievement at primary school by children of weaker ability from wealthier socioeconomic backgrounds.

Given Giuliani's background, I think it is more likely he was consulted at a conceptual level by telephone than it is that he played a part in drafting.

This was Michael's link to his LabourList piece, arguing that «Now of course, we all know the background behind the idea: the shocking levels of inequality, the people struggling to get by, working huge numbers of hours, living in a heavily taxed world, and trying to do it all on a terribly low wage.

At least 16 of Trump's selections for cabinet and senior - level posts are meeting with senators this week in an effort to speed up their confirmation votes, but Democrats are pushing to slow the process down by citing delayed paperwork and background checks for the appointees.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

«Conducting formal readability testing, as suggested by the study authors, along with use of patient reviewers from a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds may provide important feedback to enhance the value of materials across a larger spectrum of health literacy levels.»

From in situ measurements made over a 20 - month period by the Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) of the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite on Curiosity at Gale Crater, we report detection of background levels of atmospheric methane of mean value 0.69 ± 0.25 ppbv at the 95 % confidence interval (CI).

High winds raise the background noise level, seismic surveys» intense pulses are unique and easily identifiable, and marine vessels are clearly identified by low - frequency rumbles.

Infrared photons emanating from the background cause the two energy levels to shift by slightly different amounts, says Marianna Safronova at the University of Delaware.

Data items are collected at the level of academic department and include full - time graduate students by source and mechanism of support, with data on women; part - time graduate students by sex; and citizenship and racial / ethnic background of all graduate students, including first - time students.

By early August, concentrations decreased until they returned to background levels when normal oxygen conditions returned in late September.

It is by far the brain's greatest level of activity, devoted constantly, and what is doing is thinking about the world; it's thinking about interpreting the data that come in and it's thinking about planning actions that one might next take for a background level of consciousness.

By measuring levels of luciferase, the enhancement of each sequence could be assessed relative to background noise, with the better translation enhancing elements displaying 50 - 100 fold enhancement (and some as much as 1000-fold enhancement).

Three factors suggest that honeybees are spreading the parasites into wild bumblebees: honeybees have higher background levels of the virus and the fungus than bumblebees; bumblebee infection is predicted by patterns of honeybee infection; and honeybees and bumblebees at the same sites share genetic strains of DWV.

Scientists in Sweden have shown that beaver ponds can cause levels of methylmercury — a particularly toxic form of mercury — to rise in downstream waters by as much as 3.5 times the background levels during summer months.

• In a bungled attempt at clarification of a letter by Valerie Yule about using concert technology to help older people discriminate dialogue (19 March, p 33), we added a sentence saying that compensating for the difficulty of picking out voices from low - frequency background noise «often requires that the radio or television be turned up to a level unpleasant for younger ears».

Background shading in the seas indicate the observed sea level change from 1993 to 2016 recorded by satellites.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) supports more than 10 scholarship programs for women pursuing engineering degrees at all levels of study and from all backgrounds, including awards sponsored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the U.S. Air Force ROTC.

Since it is known that GBP regulates growth in a concentration - dependent manner in lepidopterans [16], we used the temperature - sensitive properties of Gal4 to modify the level of transgene expressed in the wild - type background by rearing larvae either at 22 or 25 °C.

Importantly, we found a high degree of overlap between these two metrics of differentiation (102 overlapping regions)(Table S3) and most differentiated regions were well demarcated (i.e. appearing as single peaks surrounded by background levels of much lower differentiation; Figure 2).

Furthermore, as pointed out by Frame et al. (2005), the effect of noise on the estimate of the climatic background level can lead to a substantial underestimate of uncertainties if not taken into account.

The team estimates that a background level of radiation, supplied by other galaxies, could delay gas in a galaxy (call it galaxy A) from fragmenting quickly into smaller clouds that would form stars.

While Orsha is as hardcore as it gets when it comes to evidence and data, she saw an opportunity to take holistic nutrition to a new level by integrating it with her science background.

Being hailed by most as Transformation Retreat - Students from all age groups and backgrounds are coming and learning to incorporate the lessons of this workshop in their personal lives and benefitting from the changes it is bringing to their lives.More than 95 % students have reported Reduced mental stress, high levels of physical energy and improvement in emotional and physical health.

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We could understand their sadness without the barren background (starkly captured by cinematographer Phedon Papamichael), but with it, their state of being takes on a level of existential despair that is inescapable.

As suggested by the Norse apocalyptic event mentioned in the title, the trailer finds Thor's homeland of Asgard leveled and his beloved hammer Mjölnir destroyed by new villain Hela, devilishly played by Cate Blanchett, all while Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» rages in the background.

Created by Two Tribes, the childlike demeanor / characters and soft background music, paired with the game's increasing difficulty level will entice most players with a knack for puzzles, and casual gamers who simply want something to do.

Not surprisingly, all of this innovation and experimentation at the secondary level has led to a dramatic rise in applications to institutions of higher education by students without a traditional high - school background.

Make sure to give emphasis on the level shown by doing the following: Insert a rectangle shape that fills the whole slide and adjust the transparency from 0 % to 30 % so that the pyramid seems like a part of the background.

The BPS program uses research - based curricula and coaching of teachers; is taught primarily by master's - level teachers; and is open to any child, ages 4 — 5, from racially, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds.

Nevertheless, studies have found that, after controlling for the size and structure of the school and the social background of its students, schools in provinces with external exams taught their students a statistically significant one - half of a U.S. grade - level equivalent more math and science by 8th grade than comparable schools in provinces that did not give curriculum - based external tests.

In «A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement,» published in 2002 by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Anne T. Henderson and Karen Mapp reviewed years of research on parent involvement, and their conclusions are unequivocal: When parents are involved in school, students of all backgrounds and income levels do better.

Meanwhile, within the United States, modest advances in the number of students achieving proficiency have not been accompanied by similar increases in the number of students from all backgrounds achieving at advanced levels.

By shifting the focus of NAPLAN in this way, it also may be possible to downplay school comparisons based on year - level means (a statistic that is strongly correlated with students» socioeconomic backgrounds) and to make greater use of NAPLAN's ability to compare schools based on the value they add, reflected in the progress students make.

Once family background and the nature of the peer group at school were taken into account, student achievement was unaffected by per - pupil expenditure, school size, the science lab facilities, the number of books in the library, the use of tracking by ability levels to assign students to classrooms, or other factors previously assumed to be indicators of what makes for a good school.

Pupils from lower socioeconomic backgrounds may be held back by their A Level subject choices when applying for elite university places, a study has found.

The University and College Union (UCU) General Secretary Sally Hunt, said: «Successive Governments» efforts to transfer the bill for higher education teaching onto graduates have created unsustainable levels of debt, with students from low and middle - income backgrounds being hit the hardest by the repayment burden.

Lesson plans are organized by grade level and include background information, classroom activities, materials, and extensions.

By providing access to private and parochial schools as well as charter and other public schools, vouchers begin to level the playing field for families from lower income backgrounds.

The effect of a family's having more books at home, shorthand for the educational and social background of the family, was even stronger than that of the highest educational level achieved by the parents.

We are surrounded by the wonder that is diversity, people of different backgrounds who we can learn from creating opportunities for new levels of understanding.

The Coleman team reported that sophomores and seniors at Catholic schools outperformed their public - school peers by roughly a full grade level after adjusting for differences in an extensive set of family background measures.

Spurred by a team of three biology, math, and humanities teachers at High Tech High, a public charter school in San Diego, these diverse students — of widely mixed academic levels and socioeconomic backgrounds — created the book as the central project of their junior year.