Sentences with phrase «based model for the country»

WGU is a fully accredited competency - based model for the country.

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Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

Policymakers should continue to expand access and funding for parent support and child development services delivered through home visiting, paying attention to resources that not only support the delivery of home visiting services but also support the rigorous evaluation of current evidence - based models and promising approaches in operation across the country.

For those countries, Ummel said, emissions information is based on both back - channel information gathering and modeling to predict the amount a particular plant would likely emit based on its size and other factors like the type of coal it uses.

There also is the Stockholm - based International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, a nonprofit organization with 17 member countries, that develops standards for neuroscience data sharing, analysis, modelling and simulation.

West Virginia - based Geostellar, whose business model is built on a Web portal that links customers to solar vendors around the country in what its founder calls the «virtualization of the supply chain,» won the contract and will install systems for between $ 2.80 and $ 3.20 per watt, according to CEO David Levine.

«We hope that it will become a successful model for helping to inform policy in places where multiple countries face the same science - based problems.»

Using a stock - flow model based on data from Norway, a researcher at the country's Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) has calculated the energy transition time lag for motor vehicles under a number of scenarios.

Many plant - based countries never even experience acne, so we can use them as a model to try to base our actions for best health!

Based on a proven instructional model that has produced results for students in districts across the country for more than a decade, iLit has been carefully crafted to meet the rigors of the Common Core State Standards and to prepare students for success.

The school has run the REAL Institute for four years, after fielding numerous requests from educators and administrators around the country wanting to learn more about BDEA's competency - based alternative high school model.

Foremost, Imagine Andrews will serve as a national model of excellence for innovation in public school education for military bases and their surrounding communities across the country.

This annual institute offers families, school district personnel and community groups from across the country the opportunity to network, obtain resources and information, and receive training and bilingual materials on IDRA's nationally - recognized research - based model for parent leadership in education.The institute is interactive and participatory.

The intent of this article is to share information on three educational models we have learned about in Colombia, a country most Americans would not look to for research - based opinions and models.

That leadership provided the model for the country and achieved considerable success, but it has become clear over the past several years that the consensus on which it was based has become fractured.

distributing funds based on the needs of students: «The fact that Illinois was able to pass an evidence - based formula — one of the few states in the country to make this shift official — allows Illinois to serve as a potential leader and model for a growing number of states that are moving this direction.»

Acasia Wilson Feinberg from Educators for Excellence - Chicago, a member of the Funding Illinois» Future coalition and the PIE Network, believes Illinois» progress can be a model for other states that are not distributing funds based on the needs of students: «The fact that Illinois was able to pass an evidence - based formula — one of the few states in the country to make this shift official — allows Illinois to serve as a potential leader and model for a growing number of states that are moving this direction.»

In 2008, this served as the impetus for the Common Core State Standards initiative, when governors and state schools chiefs decided to lock arms and develop consistent «college - and career - ready» standards based on the best models in the states and in other high - achieving countries.

Through a results - based funding model, GPE encourages partner countries to review their policies and strategies and agree on a results framework for learning outcomes.

Ostro previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Chicago Public Schools, where she helped usher in a more equitable, student - based school funding model while responsible for financial operations of the third largest district in the country and a nearly $ 6 billion annual budget.

While CTE models have been piloted across the country, states should create or expand grant programs to encourage additional school districts to offer students opportunities for apprenticeships and project - based learning.

But «wow» was the only word on my lips while I was test driving the following four models of the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf: the 2015 Volkswagen GTI performance model (arriving in dealerships across the country as we speak); the 2015 Volkswagen Golf TSI base model (expected in June); the 2015 Volkswagen TDI diesel model (watch for it in August); and the 100 percent electric 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf (unfortunately, North America's first - ever electric Volkswagen will not be distributed in Canada, at least for now).

Those in some Dodge Grand Caravan / Chrysler Town & Country models are rated acceptable, based on recent evaluations by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Saturn had planned to add three new models for 1992, but budget cutbacks at General Motors have forced the country's newest automaker to offer only product refinements for its second model year.A convertible based on the Saturn coupe, originally scheduled for a mid-1992 model year introduction, has been canceled.

Refreshing its bestselling model in the country for the 2015 model year, Porsche India has launched the new Cayenne facelift in India with prices starting at Rs. 1.02 crores (ex-showroom, Maharashtra) for the base diesel version.

The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of the 2015 Chevy Silverado runs the gamut from just over $ 27,000 for a base regular - cab model to over $ 50,000 for a 4WD High Country crew cab.

At Rs 470,000 for the base petrol variant, Tigor is now the cheapest compact sedan in the country and even undercuts Tata's existing models.

The Town & Country, unchanged from 2006 except for a few new colors, is offered in a regular - length base model that is 189.3 inches long, and is pow - ered by a 3.3 - liter, 170 - horsepower V - 6.

The third Cross Country model for India, the V90 Cross Country is based on the S90 sedan and promises to offer the best of two different worlds - sedan (S90) and SUV (XC90).

As school systems around the country prepare to meet the demands of not only the newly adopted Common Core standards but also the guidelines for instruction based on the 21st Century Classroom model, students and educators need to be hyperaware of the benefits to incorporating technology literacy into every field of study.

The result, of course, is a winning retail pet business and a model for any regional pet retailer on how to handle a market surrounded by the major big box pet retailers, not to mention the home base of Target, one of the largest mass merchandisers in the country.

ALDF has drafted a Model Law for a Private Right of Action, based on North Carolina's unique provision that, if passed in other states, would greatly reduce the burden on local prosecutors and allow concerned citizens and animal protection groups to stop the tragedy of hoarding in their own communities throughout the country.

«Imagine basing a country's energy and economic policy on an incomplete, unproven theory — a theory based entirely on computer models in which one minor variable (CO2) is considered the sole driver for the entire global climate system.»

Mean temperature, mean monthly precipitation, frequency of hot / cold days / nights, and indices of extreme precipitation are all estimated for each country based on observed and modeled data.

eg pg xii To improve our predictive capability, we need: • to understand better the various climate - related processes, particularly those associated with clouds, oceans and the carbon cycle • to improve the systematic observation of climate - related variables on a global basis, and further investigate changes which took place in the past • to develop improved models of the Earth's climate system • to increase support for national and international climate research activities, especially in developing countries • to facilitate international exchange of climate data

For the 12 countries with individual controls, we adjust that country's modeled emissions from a reference scenario (based on the IPCCs RCP 8.5 scenario).

Sujoy Ghosh, country head, India, for US - based thin - film PV manufacturer and project developer First Solar, says that when doing the financial modelling for bidding in projects, one has to take a call over 25 years on the cost of capital, which is «cyclical in nature».

We also need to improve the systematic observation of climate - related variables on a global basis; to investigate further past changes; to develop improved models of the Earth's climate system; to increase support for national and international climate research activities, especially in developing countries; and to facilitate the international exchange of climate data.

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To identify the key services and institutions that will be needed to support a successful IFCS program, this paper will examine three possible international forest carbon sequestration (IFCS) models: a fund - based approach, proposed by Brazil7; a market - based approach submitted jointly by several rainforest nations; 8 and the Forest Program for Inventories of National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ as well.

By 2085, an estimated 5.2 billion people — more than 3 billion additional people worldwide — are projected to be at risk for dengue because of climate change - induced increases in humidity that contribute to the disease's spread, based on models that use observed relationships between weather patterns and dengue outbreaks.6 Researchers in Australia and New Zealand calculated that climate change is projected to increase the range and risk of dengue in these countries.

Also on the basis of Simpson's models, the effect upon competition from private legal services providers (without distinguishing between informal or formal providers) is as follows: In either type of country (wealthy or poor), wealthy social groups are willing to pay hefty premiums for access to private legal institutions, whereas poor or disadvantaged groups will prefer private legal systems only if they are cheaper to access than the state's.

With the slow civil justice systems creating an appetite for arbitration in both countries, especially for foreign companies, both have domestic arbitration laws: Angola's 2003 Voluntary Arbitration Law and Mozambique's 1999 Law on Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation are based on the UNCITRAL model, although in Angola, some matters, including insolvency, land, employment and some non-commercial disputes, are not arbitrable.

But, Rock Fix shop based in China, the country which is also known as Apple's second largest source of the revenue generator, claims that a bulkier build for the next - in - line iPhone model is mostly due to larger CMOS sensor of the camera.

The Moto G5 Plus, at $ 229 for the base model is particularly attractive, though countries where the Moto G5 is available also get a fantastic deal.

Our web based business model means savings for you since we are able to keep our writing fees among the lowest in the country for certified writers.

Though home visiting programs have rapidly expanded across the country as an evidence - based policy choice for supporting families with young children, selecting an evidence - based model is not a guarantee of effectiveness.

This research also included an examination of international development theories, and in particular the model for development based on capacity development utilised in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) programmes in developing countries.

Policymakers should continue to expand access and funding for parent support and child development services delivered through home visiting, paying attention to resources that not only support the delivery of home visiting services but also support the rigorous evaluation of current evidence - based models and promising approaches in operation across the country.

The grant provided an opportunity for the Chadwick Center to capture its existing assessment - based treatment model in a replicable format, refining and standardizing procedures, and ultimately sharing this model with other trauma counseling sites across the country.