Sentences with phrase «driven by the background»

We know a lot about students» background, and we know [that] the student's engagement is driven by their background.

That means at least part of the negative link between cohabitation and marital outcomes was driven by background characteristics rather than by the effects of cohabitation itself.

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FBI background checks for gun sales spike after mass shootings By John Maines and Yiran Zhu March 12, 2018 While mass shootings may drive some people away from owning firearms, for others they are motivation to buy.

However, bond yields have been mostly driven by US developments, where bond yields appear unusually low against a background of strong growth, rising inflation and increasing short - term interest rates.

For «law - abiding citizens» this does not generally require the penalties of the law to be invoked, though one need only to ask himself how far his driving is affected by known traffic regulations, or his income - tax filing by fear of penalties, to realize the degree to which the law is in the background as a restraint to his self - centeredness.

Of course, their rapid response was only made possible by all the NGO - and activist - driven work that has happened in the background over a period of years.

Seth draws heavily on his background as he creates yeast driven beers inspired by the timeless traditions of European farmhouse brewers.

'' Dame Kelly Holmes was speaking at the PruGOals training rides, an initiative set up by Prudential to empower young people to drive their ambitions and fulfil their potential regardless of social or economic background.

Below are background materials, starting with a drive - by look at the pluses and minuses of some typically low - cost tools, continuing with video clips of two great presentations from...

A dippy, determined young girl from an unexceptional background, driven on by her father, faces snobby, sexist selection committees, makes it to Parliament and into the cabinet.

Coming from a background that typically would not be considered for orthopedic residency training in the United States, I was initially driven to excel in my research project by the desire to overcome this shortcoming.

«Many approaches in synthetic carbon dioxide fixation have been driven by top - down «trial - and - error» approaches through direct implementation of new routes into the complex background of living organisms,» Erb said.

BACKGROUND Schizophrenia is associated with cortical thickness reductions in the brain, but it is unclear whether these are present before illness onset, and to what extent they are driven by genetic

Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are believed to be driven by dysregulated interactions between the host and the gut microbiota.

With 12 different amino acid transporters examined by RT - PCR, none of the transporters differed in expression between PyMT - driven tumours with Slc6a14 + / + and Slc6a14 − / − backgrounds (result not shown).

Gluconeogenesis is a demand driven process and more of a constant background process, the rate for gluconeogenesis process is unaffected by excessive protein intake.

By Claire Bates Updated: 10:00 EST, 1 December File - syncing services like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive might be moving data in the background, which can eat up your bandwidth and slow down your

Yutani said, «My approach as a programmer has always been driven by an empathetic inquisitiveness, a desire to see the world from as many points of view as possible — and I'm so excited to collaborate with Cooper and our team, with their myriad strengths and backgrounds, to surface new artists and voices.»

Unfortunately for us as viewers, director Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, Home Fries) and the screenwriters see this idea as more of a screwball comedy, and whatever underlying message driving the themes in the background are muted by the constant need to be frenetically madcap.

Books are, in general, driven largely by characters and background story, which give a depth of understanding and meaning (when done right) to the events that eventually come into play.

The few who escape this fate include Carrie - Anne Moss as a hardnosed detective (whose lines might as well have come from a screenwriting template for hardnosed detectives) and Faye Dunaway, who appears briefly — to spout even more redundant background information, naturally — as the widow of a man who was driven to mass murder by the Bye Bye Man almost 50 years ago (The prologue is cruelly effective, and even that is ruined by the constant call - backs to it).

But just as much of the racial achievement gap can be explained by out - of - school factors, so too, I suspect, can much of the racial suspensions gap be explained by differences in behavior that are driven in large part by those same background factors.

Driven by a deep commitment to equity, DK recognizes the pressing need to recruit and retain educators who share the rich and diverse backgrounds of the students in Denver Public Schools (DPS).

Republicans, Democrats, and people of all racial / ethnic backgrounds vary in their opposition for the standards, but in all cases their views appear largely to be driven by these other factors.

Second, whatever problems colleges have in enrolling and educating students from disadvantaged backgrounds appear to be driven by issues of class more than by race.

The Fordham Institute initially opposed the Obama administration's guidance under the belief that its supporters attribute the «entirety of the gap... to racial bias in the system,» arguing that «the racial suspensions gap [can] be explained by differences in behavior that are driven in large part by those same background factors [that affect the achievement gap],» such as poverty, fatherlessness, and low levels of parental education.

This programme aims to empower young people to drive their ambitions and fulfil their potential regardless of their socio - economic background and will give 260 pupils from Teach First schools the opportunity to challenge themselves by taking part in Prudential's RideLondon cycling event in July.

/ Austin Twenty Sports History — The background and development of this rare model offered by Longbridge immediately after WW1 / Austin Twenty Sports Excursion — The Editor drives a beautifully restored example and gives us his impressions / Hanomag «Kommissbrot» — Thomas Ulrich writes about this unusual German cyclecar that acquired a strange nickname / Midland Road Trials An account of sporting events in country lanes during the twenties.

Six - wheeled Austin Seven — Paul Shinton on the background to this conversation / Norwich Union RAC Rally — We report on an event that drew / Flat racing and hill climbing — Tom Threfall on the VSCC events at Curborough and Wiscombe Park / History of McKenzie cars — Part two of the article by Ian McKenzie / The story of a London Garage — Fred Hislop recalls his memories of working at Delaney and Sons / Ramble in an Edwardian Rover — The Editor drives a 1912 model on this month's «excursion» / The Anderson specials — Brian Demaus tells the story of the pre-war Humber - based specials / Restoration of the Charabus — Mike Sutcliffe's saga of the rebuild of this dual purpose vehicle / Sandwell Parade and Manchester - Blackpool run — We report on two popular events — one in the Midlands the other in the North.

Mike Holt was there / 1929 Chevrolet «Stovebolt» Six — Historical background and driving impressions of this legendary model by Steve Miles.

- Background - The Silhouette minivan was introduced in 1990 as one of three front - wheel - drive minivans, or all - purpose vehicles, sold by General Motors Corp..

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Check out the video below including the golf carts driving by in the background...

In this role, she put her community and creativity - driven background to work to serve people and animals in the North Florida region by developing programs to optimize shelter operations, increase shelter lifesaving, and deepen regional collaborations.

The truth is, your dog's genetic background plays a tremendous (and often under - valued) role not only in what inborn skills he might have, but in who he is — whether he is friendly or reserved with strangers, tolerant of other pets or not, a high - drive athlete or a snuggly couch potato, easily startled by loud noises or relatively «bombproof.»

Knowing your combat arena is vitally important in gaining an edge, making use of the environmental interaction attacks where possible; whether that's by driving the Batcycle over an opponent, whacking them into the background, or throwing kegs their way.

However the world of Forza Horizon 3 is not just static and is quite dynamic with all things happening in the background such as kangaroos, people, other drivers or just the dirt being flicked up by the car you're driving, it just feels right.

The soundtrack includes songs by Guns N» Roses, Faith No More, LCD Soundsystem, and N.E.R.D. With over 80 tracks from the smash hit original, the Burnout Paradise ™ Remastered soundtrack is the perfect background for all your reckless driving.

By having two rigs drive parallel in reverse, with Jean Claude Van Damme slowly descending into the splits between them — with an inspiring Enya song playing in the background.

Informed by an extensive background in live performance, Kahn's work embodies a keen awareness of the body and of artist / audience relationships, drawing on devices of improvisation, comedy, dance, theater, and pop vernaculars to drive forward its deeper structures based in literary, cinematic, and musical practices.

Kline's is an abstraction reduced to the primary relationship between white backgrounds, albeit constructed using visible superimpositions, and black brushstrokes laid on the surface, often off - center, imperious in their constructive force, reflecting a style entirely driven by the artist's impulses.

AWARE is a non-profit organisation founded by 7 women with different backgrounds but all driven by the same enthusiasm (three lawyers, Margot Mérimée Dufourcq, Daphné Moreau, Nathalie Rigal; a curator, Camille Morineau; a violinist, Elisabeth Pallas; a public accountant, Alexandra Vernier - Bogaert; and a writer, Julie Wolkenstein).

In the background, a Duke campus bus decorated with a mural created by Odili Donald Odita and the logo Nasher10 bus drives past.

The Alchemystics — Fueled by their passion to explore beyond the edges of traditional musical boundaries and their diverse ethnic and musical backgrounds, the Alchemystics blend reggae, politically infused hip - hop, gritty soul, hard - driving rock, and pulsing Jamaican, Cuban and Trinidadian rhythms into an utterly unique and distinctively original new sound.

Another veteran climatologist, John Michael Wallace of the University of Washington, sees a similar message in extreme events in relation to the background push from greenhouse gases, but says efforts to demonstrate that today's heat waves are driven substantially by greenhouse heating can be a damaging distraction.

Who arbitrates what portion of a sub-Saharan drought is from this background warming and which part is driven by patterns of extreme drying etched in African climate history?

Combine that reality with the prospect of populations doubling by 2050 and the persistence of anarchy in vulnerable regions, and any impact from human - driven climate change has to be considered a background issue, at best, compared to the forces already killing thousands and deepening vulnerability of millions more.

The first component is a background cycle modulation that I think is driven by Solar Angular Momentum (AM) and has existed for 4 billion years.

I'm not mind - blown, but as someone without relevant scientific background, I'm always encouraged by work which might contribute to a better understanding of climate and what drives changes than prevailed when the science first became «settled» perhaps 12 - 15 years ago.

While there may indeed be additional energy in the system as a result of greenhouse gases — it is set against a background of large natural variability driven by internal climate processes.