Sentences with phrase «developing new measures»

Documentation of emergency response assisted the Air force in developing new measures to prevent and minimized future incidents involving resources

Hill's primary work focuses on developing new measures of mathematics teaching quality, and using these measures to inform current policies and instructional improvement efforts.

National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi advised the Police Service to develop new measures to arrest the situation in Ghana.

At the time, I was a Microsoft CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) and was working tirelessly alongside my colleagues to develop new measures to protect users» computer information.

With Günther Fink from the Harvard [T.H. Chan] School of Public Health, I've developed a new measure for the 0 — 3 age range that uses caregivers» reports of children's motor, language, cognitive, social, and emotional skills to capture these complex processes in fast, cost - effective ways.

Polikoff concludes that the research community needs to develop new measures of teacher quality in order to «move the needle» on teacher performance.

It also developed a new measure to capture such competence and two scoring rubrics that define key skills within that competence.

Ubisoft have also developed new measures to punish those unsporting CTU operatives.

Not exact matches

On behalf of our 312 member companies, we will continue to work with New York legislators and lawmakers to develop common sense consumer protection measures to ensure that the millions of New Yorkers who play fantasy sports regularly can continue to enjoy the games they love.

develop the parameters new ideas should be measured against.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Another chapter develops a new macroeconomic measure of financial stability by linking financial conditions to the probability distribution of future GDP growth and applies it to a set of 20 major advanced and emerging market economies.

ECI developed operational measures for submicron technology capability, manufacturing excellence, design productivity, and new product introduction.

What's more, in August, New York's Branch of Budgetary Administrations issued subpoenas to 22 developing installment organizations, huge numbers of which dealt with Bitcoin, getting some information about their measures to avert tax evasion and guarantee shopper insurance.

She is passionate and remains committed to developing policy initiatives and measures that help promote business health and success, fostering new and innovative collaborations and opportunities for community partners, and building a bright future for all Long Beach neighbors.

The research conducted for Transformational Groups lays out a multi-faceted approach to developing great groups, and provides churches with a new scorecard for how to measure the effectiveness of their groups.

«The idea grew out of a class project to measure the effects of rooftop gardening in New York City on reducing the dome of heat that develops over us each year.

The Australian red meat industry is moving to develop a benchmarking tool to measure animal welfare and demonstrate its continuous improvement in a new research project now underway.

The controversy is based on a new testing methodology these researchers developed that uses mass spectrometry to measure both intact and partially degraded hordein.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

Nearly 40 % through the season, Baltimore (45 - 19 at week's end) is beginning to develop the sheen of a team to be measured against posterity, not just the American League East, which the Orioles led by nine games over the New York Yankees through Sunday.

However, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, dismissed his claims as «utterly unfounded» and warned: «This new measure will undermine broad education by driving schools towards a narrow range of options for young people...... There is a very real danger that some young people will be directed away from subjects that would best support their developing aptitudes and ambitions.»

The governor's aides worked with several advocacy groups, including the Brady Campaign in Washington, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in San Francisco, to develop a package of measures that would be comprehensive but also politically achievable.

To ensure that the City and the state's other districts fulfill New York's promises to its schoolchildren, we request that you introduce a back - stop measure that requires districts to develop teacher evaluation plans by August 31, 2012.

The measure requires the Civil Service Commission to develop a report on best practices for flexible working arrangements and find ways for state agencies to implement those new programs.

The measure was the product of a blue ribbon commission formed by the governor in November last year to develop potential ways of reforming the state's ABC laws and as a means of promoting New York - made spirits, wines and other alcoholic products.

As the Senate develops and votes on its own bill and both houses work to send a final measure to the president's desk, I will continue to put Central New York's interests first.»

Dr David Frew, Professor Quentin Parker and Dr Ivan Bojicic, based on a culmination of ten years of research work, developed a new method for measuring more accurate distances between «planetary nebulae» and the Earth.

Grzywacz and the ORNL team developed a data acquisition technology that uses a new type of digital signal processing to measure very fast nuclear decays down to a microsecond — one millionth of a second.

JRC scientists have developed a new index to measure the magnitude of heat waves, in cooperation with colleagues from five research organisations.

«The intent of our work was to develop a new apparatus to measure root growth in a greenhouse production setting using a system / technique similar to the Horhizotron ™ but with a different purpose, design, and construction components,» Judd said.

He also concocted a new way to measure the flexibility of fishing line leaders, the part of the line nearest the lure, using a technique he had previously developed to gauge the bending stiffness of the tiny wires in pacemakers.

New research led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) may now help clinicians assess an individual patient's risk of developing post-operative delirium, enabling preventive measures to safeguard their health.

The new interagency group will be tasked with creating a five - year action plan for attacking resistance by February 2015 and developing metrics to measure progress.

Now, researchers from Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a new model to quantify yellow fever dynamics across Africa using not only annual averages of these climatic measures, but seasonal dynamics.

«Research in Europe in the 1990s showed that pharmaceuticals were turning up in the water,» says Dana Kolpin, leader of a U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division research team that developed five new analytic methods for measuring water contaminants.

Conservationists now need to understand the severity of this new - found threat, and also where it is coming from, as this information is critical for developing measures that counter the disease's impact.

So VEGF levels appear to provide a good way of measuring whether a patient will be able to grow these new blood vessels, says Levy, and his group is hoping to develop a VEGF blood test that will help cardiologists know how best to treat their patients.

A new method for measuring delirium severity in older adults has been developed by researchers from Harvard, Brown, and UMASS.

«Our study is the first to develop and test this important new methodology, and to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the CAM - S, a novel approach to measure delirium severity.»

Researchers have developed a new way to measure the forces inside materials such as sand, soil or snow under pressure.

By identifying bacterial species and communities associated with HIV risk, we provide specific targets that may be leveraged to develop new preventive strategies and to improve the effectiveness of existing preventive measures.»

Recently, there's been a push to develop new tools to help see and measure these chemical compounds in greater detail.

An international team of researchers collaborating at Duke University have developed a new way to measure the forces inside materials such as sand, soil or snow under pressure.

Researchers have developed a new remote sensing instrument based on light detection and ranging (LIDAR) that could offer a simple and robust way to accurately measure wind speed.

«Through our partnership with Epicore Biosystems, we're developing exciting new ways to measure and monitor sweat, which can help us better recommend hydration strategies for our athletes.»

For example, he says, Merck recently combined traditional toxicology endpoints, genomics, and accessible protein biomarkers measured in humans and animals to develop a new biomarker signature that was qualified by the FDA in 2008 to indicate kidney toxicity.

By remotely «combing» the atmosphere with a custom laser - based instrument, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have developed a new technique that can accurately measure — over a sizeable distance — amounts of several of the major «greenhouse» gases implicated in climate change.

Developing and testing new combined outcome measures was identified as an important are for future research.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new device that measures the motion of super-tiny particles traversing distances almost unimaginably small — shorter than the diameter of a hydrogen atom, or less than one - millionth the width of a human hair.