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Eliciting and evaluating parents» concerns about development and behavior are a central focus in developmental surveillance and can be reliable and accurate indicators of true developmental problems.13 Five studies examined the use of a checklist or questionnaire to elicit and evaluate parents» concerns about child development and behavior (Table 1).

Recognizing the need to reduce or confine litigation to those situations where there is no other viable alternative, Brian has taken specific training in mediation, a central focus in alternative dispute resolution.

Transportation, although accounting for only one - eighth of emissions, has become a central focus in the bioenergy debate due to the carbon intensive nature of transportation, the high public profile of petroleum prices and dependency on producer nations.

Structuring, reordering, finding and building ways to arrange chaos in a compelling human context has been the central focus in Reynolds» art.

Although Greenberg is no longer taken seriously, his belief in a master narrative remains a central focus in today's art world.

Recently, CD Projekt RED's Michał Płatkow talked about how choice will be a central focus in The Witcher 3 and that players will experience the gravity of their decisions, both major ones and small ones.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has made family and community engagement to support children's learning their central focus in transitioning across grades.

Once proficiency is the central focus in the classroom, grammar no longer reigns — communication does.

Languages should become a central focus in order to strengthen relationships with our international neighbours and to develop global markets.

Neurotransmitters are the messenger molecules between neuron cells, and their health and abundance is a central focus in our experiment with dreaming and food.

It is therefore critical for leaders and governments everywhere to give due attention to dignity as a central focus in policy - making.

Oddly, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has made women's issues a central focus in recent years, was silent immediately after the news broke about Lopez last week.

Harry Wilson's campaign insisted the Hevesi investigation was never going to be a central focus in his effort to oust Hevesi's replacement, Tom DiNapoli.

Each will examine the beginnings, aims and accomplishments of this informal ecumenical endeavor as well as revisit ECT's central focus in light of more deeply entrenched and aggressive cultural challenges to Christianity.

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Since value depends on results, not inputs, value in health care is measured by the outcomes achieved, not the volume of services delivered, and shifting focus from volume to value is a central challenge.

When Knitowski co-founded Phunware in 2008, he decided to make cash - flow management a central focus at the company, which develops and hosts mobile apps for clients such as the NFL and Nascar.

An outspoken critic of Europe's central banks recently, Falkengren has focused on building capital buffers in case of unexpected losses — and, for retail clients, limiting their exposure to risky loans.

Viacom Inc. is creating new show formats including «BET Breaks» that focuses on the African American perspective on pop culture and another named «Comedy Central's Creator's Room,» a satirical take on trending news in pop culture.

The central idea behind Sweden's six - hour work day is to encourage people to put in a focused six hours of work during the day, get their tasks done, and leave at a reasonable hour in order to enjoy their evening.

Loyalty was and is still central to the Bond strategic vision (it's right there in the name), but Macdonald and his senior team were increasingly taking the company into customer experience and live brand events, for example, while Maritz in the U.S. had chosen a more conservative path, staying focused on sales services.

«This would allow policymakers to focus their efforts on absorbing the still elevated excess capacity in the economy,» she said, adding that she expects the central bank will keep its trendsetting policy interest rate at one per cent until mid-2015.

So there will be much interest in the handful of central bank speakers in the coming week, with particular focus on Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who will be at Harvard on Friday afternoon.

But since Trump took office, his and Session's focus seems to be less on transnational criminal groups like Mexican drug cartels and more on criminal groups active in the US — specifically MS - 13, formed in the US in the 1980s by Central American immigrants who were deported to their home countries in the 1990s, where the gang expanded rapidly.

When central banks around the world introduced stimulus packages, known as quantitative easing (QE) in a bid to stimulate spending, investment and growth, a key focus was the rate of inflation.

Longstanding links between British gangs and Central American cartels have focused on Liverpool and its docks, where container ships bring in vast quantities of cocaine, principally from Venezuela and Ecuador.

Analysts said after a temporary boost markets will focus on more fundamental matters again, in particular the progress of the global economic recovery and how central banks respond to higher inflation.

Central banks and regulators share focus on economic good and in many cases, consumer protection.

The Permian Region is one of Apache's core growth areas with over 2.8 million gross acres with exposure to numerous plays focused primarily in the Midland Basin, the Central Basin Platform / Northwest Shelf and the Delaware Basin.

And for New York - based Central Diligence Group, an underwriting - focused company founded in 2015 by four partners, it has been a boon for business.

«WGL Energy selected Sales Focus for their extensive experience in the energy industry, professionalism, proven track record of strict adherence and compliance with industry rules and regulations, and a headquarters location that is central to our mid-Atlantic market,» said Richard Allison, Manager of Mass Market Sales for WGL Energy.

Feigenbaum's work focuses principally on China and India, geopolitics in Asia, and the role of the United States in East, Central, and South Asia.

It focuses on the growing north or south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico.

My students at Peking University, for example, are extremely supportive and think very differently about what I do, and I think I have convinced them that as future policymakers, especially in finance and central banking, rather than join the hype that has always accompanied every growth miracle it is their responsibility to be focus on risks and on all the ways things can go wrong.

On our eastern side, the Draft Range Plan for Woodland Caribou in Saskatchewan, released in October 2017 indicates that offsetting will be a major tool to achieve the restoration of healthy boreal forest within the «SK2 Central» pilot region on which the plan is focused.

The speech concludes by reiterating the importance of keeping a strong focus on durably lifting growth prospects and noting that policies beyond central bank actions need to do more in this regard.

G - 20 Finance Ministers and central bankers meeting in Baden - Baden over the weekend dropped a long - standing reference to the pursuit of free and open trade and the rejection of protectionism in their official commnique, a move many saw as a swipe at U.S. - focused trade policies pursued by the Donald Trump administration.

The timing of Bernanke's easing raises the stakes for the Fed's four remaining policy meetings this year as investors focus on whether the central bank will provide stimulus for 2013 to help the economy overcome the impact of the fiscal tightening due to take hold in January, said Vincent Reinhart, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley.

Various quantitative - easing options focused on government bonds were shown to governors on Jan. 7 in Frankfurt, including buying only AAA - rated debt or bonds rated at least BBB minus, the euro - area central bank official said.

Globally, economic recovery has not been as steady and stable as in the U.S. Consequently, other central banks have been more focused on economic stimulus versus inflation control.

Time will tell if central bank tightening will break correlations that have long been known to traditional 60/40 long - only managers, but if this reality materialises, LO could potentially withstand the turbulence from its commitment to focus on investing specifically in various factors that drive prices rather than in asset classes and sectors.

Richardson acknowledged the generous contributions of NDP members and supporters from every constituency across the province; in Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton; from smaller communities in central and rural Alberta and the north; from Albertans with big hearts and enormous pride in the focused work of 54 New Democrat MLAs.

Having completed our adaptation to those challenges in mid-2014, and extensively detailing the central lessons, we're simply focused on executing that discipline.

With investors remaining focused clearly on offshore central bank developments as well labour market numbers from the US, Greenback direction will be the major driver behind broader NZD / USD moves through to weeks in end.

Alkermes is a commercial - stage company that focuses on drugs for central nervous system disorders, and could have some major catalysts in 2018.

But C.D. Howe Institute research vice president Finn Poschmann said Poloz's background as head of Export Development Canada could signal a shift in the central bank's focus from monetary policy alone to encompass broader issues.

In late antiquity, despite all the political shenanigans and personality clashes, the church leaders succeeded in maintaining a razor - sharp focus on the central theological issues and resisted a reduction of their theological vision to politicIn late antiquity, despite all the political shenanigans and personality clashes, the church leaders succeeded in maintaining a razor - sharp focus on the central theological issues and resisted a reduction of their theological vision to politicin maintaining a razor - sharp focus on the central theological issues and resisted a reduction of their theological vision to politics.

Our redemption through the death and resurrection of the Lord, following the tragedy of original sin, is also thereby seen in its crucial and central focus.

The focus on the new evangelization gave the Holy Father the opportunity to speak of a dual theme that is proving to be central to his papacy — that is, unity in diversity, and unity in mission.

Christ is the central focus of the church, and the church's task in each generation is to clarify who Christ is.

In the rest of this talk, I focus on the Bible, in part because the Bible is foundational to how we see Christianity, and because I think confusion and conflict about the Bible is the central issue in the church todaIn the rest of this talk, I focus on the Bible, in part because the Bible is foundational to how we see Christianity, and because I think confusion and conflict about the Bible is the central issue in the church todain part because the Bible is foundational to how we see Christianity, and because I think confusion and conflict about the Bible is the central issue in the church todain the church today.