Sentences with phrase «by suggesting improvements»

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A simple linear extrapolation of their data suggests that by 2027 the trend in technological improvement in the oilsands will catch up to the declining efficiency of conventional oil production.

These improvements were reflected in the rise in the participation rate to 63 %, up 0.6 % since September, confirming there is greater slack in the labour force than conveyed by the headline unemployment rate, and suggesting that longer term unemployed or discouraged workers who have hitherto remained on the sidelines are being pulled back into the labour market by the growth in employment opportunities.

You can suggest a change, improvement, or new feature for the Micro Focus product you are using by opening a support incident.

The sheer economics of the situation suggests that drastic improvement in the lives of the world's poor can be made by using resources that amount to little more than the crumbs on our tables.

Instead, Packaging Progressions works hard to exercise its continuous improvement strategy in the product design and fabrication stage by incorporating changes suggested by customers.

If you do not notice any improvement in the amount of time suggested by your doctor, then it may be time to try a new approach.

He directed the state Health Department to investigate and said if improvements weren't made by April 1, he'd suggest his own plan.

She suggested the town could raise the funds for the improvement systems by charging residents a $ 100 annual fee to the town's wastewater district.

But, Feeney's ad comes just days after the release of a new poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that showed the incumbent in a dead heat with former state Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (43 percent Feeney, 42 percent Kosmas) and with the sort of favorability ratings (37 percent favorable / 38 percent unfavorable) that would suggest he has little room for improvement.

Those who want to back the project online can add their comments to the «Suggest Improvements» map on the Parks Department website or by filling out this form created by Parks4Us, a local parks advocacy group, which links directly to the city's site.

They suggested that changes in how the tests were given — not actual improvement by sc...

Although he did not mention de Blasio by name, Cuomo suggested that the city needed to step up and commit to funding the other 50 percent of the funding for the short - term improvements.

What issues and / or types of businesses would be promoted by the suggested taxpayer subsidy was also not clearly disclosed though an undefined help to farmers, small business in general, and energy efficiency improvement was suggested.

Overall, these results suggest that the moderate improvements reported by psychologists in previous studies may be the result of methodological weaknesses and biases, said the researchers.

«The simultaneous improvement in functional performance suggests our exercise program provides dual protection from osteoporotic fracture by also preventing falls.»

The research suggests that the improvement in health may be linked to greater access to and use of health services by children whose families received Medicaid, and a decreased economic burden on families from medical expenses and debt.

The results suggest that substantial improvements in patient outcomes can be accomplished by improving processes of care and working with existing treatments in a novel way.

They add that the study did not look at the time lag between implementation and effect of the changes, but suggest that improvements in tooth decay would be seen first, followed by reduced rates of obesity and cases of type 2 diabetes.

Improvements in gender equality over the last half - century have been driven by better control of infectious disease, a new analysis suggests.

Those findings suggest the cognitive changes brought on by tDCS may require more treatment sessions to have noticeable improvements in daily functioning, according to Dr. Charvet.

It is not clear exactly how the apps also improved the patients» daily functioning, but the researchers suggest it may be because improvements in memory had a direct impact on global functions or that the cognitive training may have had an indirect impact on functionality by improving general motivation and restoring self - esteem.

Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance — by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles — suggests a new study published today in The Journal of Physiology.

His group's data suggest that smoking in movies peaked three years ago and has declined by 30 % since then, although he says there's plenty of room for improvement.

A sustained modest weight - loss of five to 10 % body - weight is associated with improvements in various indices of cardiometabolic health including but not limited to insulin sensitivity, vascular function, blood pressure and lipid levels.3 These beneficial effects of weight - loss can be partially explained by accompanying reductions in adipose tissue mass and dysfunction.5 There is however, some evidence to suggest that energy restriction (ER) alone can confer metabolic changes which are independent to those of weight - loss, by facilitating an acute negative energy balance 6 - 9 and / or by activating adaptive stress response pathways.10

«Due to only minimal improvements, suggested by you, on my old training schedule I gained unbelievable 8 kilos of muscle mass within the last 3 1/2 weeks!

A review of the somewhat limited data from these and earlier studies (1) indicated that inhibition of tumor development as a result of marginal intakes of various proteins could be abolished by supplementation with the respective limiting amino acid for each protein... [O] ur results suggest that the enhancement of focus development by lysine supplementation of gluten is due to a general improvement in dietary protein quality and not to any particular metabolic effect peculiar to lysine.

We've managed to add new features and improvements suggested by PG Real Estate community members.

Whereas many actors remain shadowed by their early hits, McDormand's career trajectory suggests continual maturing and improvement.

The evidence from Florida also suggests that the gains produced by such an accountability system are real indicators of improvement in learning, and not simply teaching to the test, cheating, or other manipulations of the testing system.

When examined in this light, the impacts of NCLB — which the NRC estimates at a 0.08 standard deviation improvement in average achievement nationwide — are far greater than suggested by the NRC committee, which concludes that test - based accountability under NCLB had minimal impact and probably should be abandoned.

You can easily differentiate by asking higher ability pupils to focus on register, style, vocabulary and adding in techniques, while asking lower ability pupils to find the problems and suggest simple improvements.

Despite all of the emphasis on education reform during the past decade, the retirement of an aging teacher corps has been substantially overlooked — a failure that could inhibit school improvement, a study by the Educational Resources Information Center clearinghouse on management suggests.

Effective coaching programs respond to particular needs suggested by data, allowing improvement efforts to target issues such as closing achievement gaps and advocating for equity.

Minimally effective teachers who chose to stay at DCPS improved their performance by roughly 11 - points on the IMPACT scale, suggesting that threat of dismissal lead to successful instructional improvement efforts.

Let's first consider the possibility that it was the stigma of being labeled a failure, rather than the competitive incentives introduced by vouchers, that spurred improvement among F schools, as several researchers have suggested.

Improvements in mathematics performance called for by No Child Left Behind would matter, contrary to what critics sometimes suggest.

The report suggested that limited improvements were to be expected by the end of 2016.

Prior research by William Howell and Paul Peterson suggested that the reason low - income inner - city African Americans benefit most from private - school choice is that moving to the new school represents a more dramatic improvement in the school environment for them than for less - disadvantaged white and Hispanic students.

I would further suggest that these days we seem to be awash in existential educational questions like those, brought on by such new controversies (at least, newly packaged) as whether it's good to try to close the achievement gap, whether it's counterproductive to demand «proficiency» as opposed to «improvement,» whether «differentiated instruction» is another form of tracking, whether common standards are anti-American, etc..

Many casual observers may be surprised by our findings, as two previous, highly publicized studies have suggested that — even though improvement was possible — the U.S. was doing all right.

Other research on these students by Dartmouth economist Bruce Sacerdote suggests that New Orleans evacuees experienced larger improvements in school quality than evacuees from other districts.

Alongside its demand for new accountability measures for schools, the report suggests reforms to pupil premium funding so it can «better target funding for disadvantage» by allocating more to pupils eligible for free school meals «throughout their schooling», and the establishment of a Northern Powerhouse Schools Improvement Board.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

Val Flores suggests that school improvement could take up to 10 years, a timeline that is twice as long as the timeline set by the 2009 Education Accountability Act.

A newsletter issued by the Teaching Schools Council South West in March, however, suggests that the boards will have a say which schools will receive grants from the new # 140 million strategic school improvement fund.

Most research, including recent data from Montgomery County summarized in a report by Heather Schwartz, suggests that improvements for low - income students dissipate when poor students are more than about 20 % to 30 % of the school population.

New Teacher Center describes strong induction programs as those that include instructional mentoring for new teachers by carefully selected, well - prepared mentors; formative assessment for teachers and support systems to drive continuous improvement; professional learning communities for mentors and new teachers; engaged principals; and supportive school environments and district policies.9 Research suggests that regular contact between beginning teachers and mentors over a period of at least two years can propel improved teaching and greater student learning.10

If the objective is not just to rank teachers and slice off those at the bottom, irrespective of accuracy, but instead to support improvement while providing evidence needed for action, this modest proposal suggests we might make more headway by allowing educators to design systems that truly add value to their knowledge of how students are learning in relation to how teachers are teaching.

But we're also worried about assertions made by the authors, who suggest that these improvements...

- An examination of trends in average social - emotional and organizational support domain scores, as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, did suggest an «upward» improvement trend at the infant, toddler and pre-K levels.