Sentences with phrase «development major focuses»

The new Trump administration has made domestic energy development a major focus and has rolled back regulations like the Clean Power Plan and the Paris Climate Accords that the Obama administration adopted to reduce carbon emissions.

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It'll help sharpen your skills with major languages focused on both the front - end (like JavaScript) and the back - end (like PHP) of web development.

Major pharmaceuticals firms also engage in research and development, but tend to focus more on manufacturing and marketing an existing portfolio of drugs than the typical biotech firm.

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on innovative technology - based Canadian companies that have high growth potential, offer unique products or services and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets.

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.

As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focDevelopment, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focdevelopment as the major focus for aid.

Throughout most of its history the major focus of homiletics has been the development and delivery of sermons, how preachers can persuasively present the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The central focus of this study is to trace the development of four major strands in Wieman's thought, which should both clarify his relationship to the philosophy of Whitehead and illuminate the growth of his own thought.

Market uncertainty, rising competition, and the retention and recruitment of skilled staff have been highlighted as major business concerns for the global packaging industry over the next six months, although respondents are willing to increase their focus towards expansion in current markets and the development of new products.

Our scientific expertise focuses on 3 major areas: the development of specific, often patented, industrial processes that account for the properties of each raw material; analytical research relying on specialized equipment and methods to standardize the various functionalities of our products; and finally, our formulation knowledge to adapt our ingredients to meet specific application requirements.

The decommoditization of food ingredients by sustainable development is a major focus of the Sustainable Foods Summit taking place in San Francisco January 17 - 18, 2012.

In today's food world, nanotech research and development of food packaging and the monitoring of nanotech food packaging is a major focus and concern.

«We enjoyed a strong Christmas as the 6th biggest supplier in total alcohol sales and we have an exciting year ahead with new product development and major marketing investment on our focus brands to create demand and further drive sales in the trade.»

When minds are focused on the specific powers that the new metro mayor will have, affordable housing and creating a strategic plan for major developments and infrustructure were seen as top priorities (both 22 per cent).

A significant number also think the metro mayor should invest in road and rail (19 per cent) and focus on major developments and infrastructure (18 per cent).

It has been the focus of several major corruption scandals, including two that led to jail time for both former legislative leaders, and nine Cuomo associates, including a former top aide and the former architect of his upstate economic development programs, are facing multiple charges, including bribery and bid - rigging.

The focus on Abu Dhabi is part of the CIOB's strategic plan which will allow the Institute to play a major role in supporting industry, professionalism and key development projects in the Middle East as well as creating a link with the Indian Sub Continent, another key strategic area of interest for the Institute.

Astorino criticized Cuomo's economic development approach — he said he would scrap START - UP NY, a system of tax - free zones rooted in state university campuses — and said he would focus more on major regulatory changes than direct incentives, which he questioned because «the government gets to pick and choose winners... that's how we stay at the bottom.»

Since the beginning of the Eleventh Five - Year Plan, the school has adhered to major strategic demands of national defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial awards.

(Neuraminidase, the bigger player in disease after infection, is a target for influenza treatments but not a major focus for vaccine development.)

This cyber publication presents research developments in language understandable to college physics majors, who Focus Editor David Ehrenstein describes as «an underserved market.»

Headquartered in Tromsø, Norway, the organization sponsors major scientific research, focusing on environmental stewardship and sustainable development issues.

Support for these projects can include the development of new technology cores, the provision of major new equipment and facilities, as well as or the recruitment and support of new faculty who focus on major new strategic research initiatives.

As part of the Genetic Resource Science group, resource development is a major focus of my laboratory.

Projects on brain development mainly focus on perinatal asphyxia as this remains a major cause of (severe) brain damage in newborn infants leading to developmental delay or even severe handicaps.

Dr. Huang studies the origin and development of Alzheimer's disease, focusing on the pathological role of apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4)-- the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's.

This discovery leads to a major revision of previous paradigm by broadening focus of anti-aging drug discovery and development to include a new likely cellular source of age - associated chronic systemic sterile inflammation.

A major focus of his research has been defining the virological and immunological events in acute dengue virus infection and their relationship to the development of the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome.

Because of this unique talent, DCs are now a major focus of laboratory and clinical study across the globe, and are critical targets in cancer vaccine development.

Melanoma has long been considered a promising target for immunotherapy and has been a major focus of immunotherapy clinical development efforts.

Made major contributions to the field of immunology through his studies on immune tolerance in animal models, with particular focus on transplantation tolerance and autoimmunity, in addition to pioneering the use of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies against T cells, resulting in the development of Campath - 1H, the first humanised monoclonal antibody to be used therapeutically.

Initiated in February 1998, and covering up to 12 common diseases, the five - year collaboration is focusing on the discovery of gene variants that predispose and / or contribute to the development of these diseases, with a major emphasis on six of them.

Those are the major muscle groups that we want to focus on for the best visual development.

Directed by Bryan Singer, and written by David Hayter (from a story by Tom DeSanto & Singer) X-Men leaves out a few major characters from the comic book (my favorite, Nightcrawler, among them), skimps on the development of the remaining characters, and changes around Rogue's storyline for convenience sake — all so that the film can focus on the series» most popular character, Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman).

Many of these career - focused secondary school programs of study involve major projects of many weeks and hands - on learning experiences that combine strong content and skill development related to specific careers.

Three major developments of the past 20 years are now bearing fruit: 1) the creation of standards and accountability; 2) research on how the brain develops in early childhood and its implications for pre-K education and child care; and 3) an emerging focus on the single biggest factor in student achievement - teacher quality.

If our major policy focus is to improve student achievement by improving teacher effectiveness — accounting for 30 per cent of the variance in student achievement — we must attract higher - quality applicants to the teaching profession, improve our teacher education institutions and courses, esteem and grow those teachers who demonstrate expert potential, and mandate teacher development programs for less effective teachers.

This is likely to include «prototypical» or emblematic strategies for major domains of SEL development in different grades / stages (e.g., focus on EF / cognitive regulation and related strategies in the younger grades, and on more complex forms of planning / goal setting and social problem solving in the older grades).

His major focus was outreach and advocacy to local, state, and federal elected officials in the legislative and executive branches of government sharing data about student achievement and job - embedded teacher professional development.

The transfer of training, and attempting to overcome associated loss of potential value, has been a major focus for Training and Development professionals for many years.

The associations representing Massachusetts Superintendents (MASS) and Secondary School Administrators (MSSAA) each made social - emotional learning a major focus of their professional development sessions this summer.

Major state focus is on teacher centers; leadership development outside of the NYC area is provided by RESAs (BOCES)

He added: «Holding fire on major policy changes and allowing a longer lead - in for government initiatives would allow schools time to focus on subject - specific professional development, rather than being distracted by the demands of the latest Whitehall directive.»

The two major reasons for success, the authors believe: (1) the changed school culture; and (2) the focus on children's total development, not just their speech, language, and intellectual capabilities, but also their social, moral, physical, and psychological development.

ASCD endorses the concept of professional development centers: public elementary and secondary schools at which professional training and development is a major focus.

Accordingly, administrators» ability to complete the 45 - minute observations required for all teachers under PDAS and provide meaningful feedback and a focus on professional development were major issues.

His research focuses on major policy - and practice - relevant issues in education such as: college access and success; race, equity and diversity; and student learning and development.

It was not a major focus for Democrats, but it would have been a small win had an amendment offered by Sen. Ed Markey (D - MA) providing for a competitive grant program to support the development of materials that would teach the scientific evidence of climate change, passed.

From ambitious beginnings as the Centre for British Teachers in 1968 to today's Education Development Trust, a major force in education improvement on a global scale — under the leadership of Patrick Brazier, we remain focussed on our mission to transform lives by improving education around the world.

We believe Comer's program succeeds for two major reasons: it supports a change in the school culture, and it focuses on children's development — their total development, not just their speech, language, and intellectual capabilities.