Sentences with phrase «effectiveness of the system in»

Include a process for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the system itself in improving instruction and student learning.

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Businesses engaged in launching or upgrading office automation systems must consider a wide variety of factors that can influence the effectiveness of those systems.

The functional effectiveness of such electronic sharing systems has been one factor in the growth of telecommuting as an option for workers.

To cite just one example: Executives at Trinity Health, which operates 93 hospitals, have their pay tied to the system's overall effectiveness in keeping patients out of the hospital, lowering smoking and obesity rates, and other population health metrics.

A version of this article appears in print on March 21, 2013, on Page A11 of the New York edition with the headline: Debate Emerges Over Effectiveness Of Israel's Antimissile Systeof this article appears in print on March 21, 2013, on Page A11 of the New York edition with the headline: Debate Emerges Over Effectiveness Of Israel's Antimissile Systeof the New York edition with the headline: Debate Emerges Over Effectiveness Of Israel's Antimissile SysteOf Israel's Antimissile System.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

He drives and oversees the continuous renewal of key processes, systems and policies across the company in client relationship management, sales effectiveness, delivery excellence, quality, talent management and leadership development.

In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management and, to the extent that we are no longer an «emerging growth company» as defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley AcIn particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management and, to the extent that we are no longer an «emerging growth company» as defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Acin the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act.

We need a smarter infrastructure where various agencies, departments, school systems, they're working in a more integrated and collaborative fashion to ensure that we can share data, we can share information, to enhance our level of effectiveness.

In 2007, the success of Israeli Air Force's Operation Orchard against a Syrian nuclear installation was largely attributed to effectiveness of the Israeli Electronic Warfare platforms that supported the air strike and made the Syrian radars blind: some sources believe that Operation Orchard saw the baptism of fire of the Suter airborne network system against Syrian radar systems.

However, its release was delayed due to the volume of collaboration required, in particular with stakeholders in importing countries, to research the first review into the system's effectiveness.

Many of you must be familiar with the effectiveness of this drink in reducing weight; well the benefits of this beverage extend to lowering blood flow, cholesterol levels, enhancing oral functions along with increasing metabolism rate and immune system activity.

The Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) was established in 1996 with the vision to enhance the effectiveness of the various partnership mechanisms between IRRI and its partners to meet the challenges of the global rice research system.

These practices include steps to reduce source water use in cleaning and sanitation; minimize use of cleaning products and other chemicals; decrease the volume and strength of wastewater produced and associated energy required for treatment; minimize the water and energy needed for heating and cooling operations; and optimize the effectiveness of land application systems for wastewater treatment.

At this year's meeting, underway in Bali, the Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) offers the most broadly endorsed proposals yet for improving the effectiveness of existing certification systems.

Design, implement, and collaborate with external researchers to carry out evaluation and impact assessment research for Rainforest Alliance's agriculture sustainability certification programs as well as broader research on the effectiveness of strategies to conserve forests, promote the sustainability of production systems, and improve human wellbeing in the context of agriculture and forestry landscapes and supply chains.

Air Process Systems & Conveyors Co., Inc. ® (APSCO ®) and its fine Principals specialize in creative engineering and maximum cost effectiveness to bring you the finest state - of - the - art bulk material handling sSystems & Conveyors Co., Inc. ® (APSCO ®) and its fine Principals specialize in creative engineering and maximum cost effectiveness to bring you the finest state - of - the - art bulk material handling systemssystems.

Moreover, milk quality also affects the efficiency and cost - effectiveness of your plant's processing systems, in particular your heat exchangers.

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian co-regulatory system in limiting children's exposure to unhealthy television food advertising by measuring compliance with mandatory and voluntary regulations.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Since the launch of Childbirth Connection's Transforming Maternity Care initiative in 2007, program work has focused on improving maternity care quality and value by strengthening the effectiveness of the maternity care system.

For example, in addition to questioning the effectiveness of the current educational system, she also believes that litigation and paranoia abound in Western society.

In order to keep their volunteer coaches excelling on the field, the City of Litchfield Park recently joined an ever - growing list of organizations nationwide that are using the Coach Rating System, which was created by the National Alliance for Youth Sports to enable recreation staffs to evaluate the effectiveness of their coaches throughout the season.

The effectiveness of primary level referral systems for emergency maternity care in developing countries

But support systems built around legacy platforms of relatively diminishing importance will lose their effectiveness as current trends in the advertising business and in people's media habit continues.

Therefore, the current presence of uncleared waste is a result of the transition from an old system that was considered not efficient enough to a new system which effectiveness has also been recorded in other parts of the world.

They point out that many people in the party understand «that the era of market worship is over», and point out the effectiveness of Vince Cable in describing the flaws of the economic system.

He is an expert in the use of systems - based methods to improve patient outcomes, a leading researcher in use of large scale clinical laboratories and electronic health records to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care, and a nationally recognized thought leader in the very methods needed to transition to the future of lower - cost, more patient - centered, health care for the 21st century.

In 2013, Miner criticized the effectiveness of Cuomo's proposal to make the state pension system more affordable for governments, school districts and their taxpayers.

The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness The New Teacher Project (TNTP), 2009 Extensive research of teacher evaluation systems in 12 schools districts highlights our pervasive and longstanding failure to recognize and respond to variations in the effectiveness of Effectiveness The New Teacher Project (TNTP), 2009 Extensive research of teacher evaluation systems in 12 schools districts highlights our pervasive and longstanding failure to recognize and respond to variations in the effectiveness of effectiveness of our teachers.

Whatever the parties negotiate or King decides, the evaluation system will be based 20 percent on standardized test scores when applicable, 20 percent on other evidence of student learning and 60 percent on classroom observation and other measures of teacher effectiveness, in keeping with the 2010 state law on teacher evaluation.

Led by Stella K. Kang, a radiologist with the Department of Radiology at the New York School of Medicine, the study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a treatment algorithm for small renal tumors incorporating the nephrometry score, a renal tumor anatomy scoring system developed by urologists, with the current standard of uniformly recommended partial nephrectomy in patients with mild - to - moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD).

They are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of their approach and gauge its effectiveness in patients with lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system.

Kongming Wu, director of the Institute for Plant Protection at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing said, «This review paper will be very helpful for understanding insect resistance in agricultural systems and improving strategies to sustain the effectiveness of Bt crops.»

As the floods spread across southern England, Collier described to the conference a two - year study in the Thames area that compared the effectiveness of the two systems in day - to - day operation.

The lifetime analysis suggested that first - line biologic treatment would result in 0.15 additional lifetime QALYs, but this gain would cost an incremental $ 77,290, leading to an incremental cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 521,520 per QALY per patient, a figure far above what is considered acceptable to the U.S. health care system.

The effectiveness of the platelet - like particles has been tested in an animal model and in a microfluidic chamber designed to simulate conditions within the body's circulatory system.

Police agencies are using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for mapping crime, identifying crime «hot spots,» assigning officers, and profiling offenders, but little research has been done about the effectiveness of the technology in curbing crime, according to a study at Sam Houston State University (SHSU).

The answer to increasing the effectiveness of immune therapies, or perhaps at least to choosing which patients are most likely to benefit from immune therapies, may lie in understanding the ways viruses (and cancers themselves) have evolved to evade the immune system.

Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment — to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long - term, sustained basis, not necessarily aiming for their complete elimination.

Ebell's next plan is to perform a randomized clinical trial to test the effectiveness of the point score system, including the use of a CRP test, in clinical practice.

«We have developed a new type of protective coating that enables a key process in the solar - driven production of fuels to be performed with record efficiency, stability, and effectiveness, and in a system that is intrinsically safe and does not produce explosive mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen,» says Nate Lewis, the George L. Argyros Professor and professor of chemistry at Caltech and a coauthor of a new study, published the week of March 9 in the online issue of the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that describes the film.

Amongst the advantages of the proposed solution are its cost - effectiveness (it runs on commodity WiFi hardware) and its ease of implementation (it is the simplest solution available today to swiftly build a positioning system in a new indoor environment).

Prior to last month's surgery, the only implants of the seizure - reducing medical device took place at U.S. medical centers that had previously researched the device's effectiveness and safety, making NYU Langone the first non-study hospital in the U.S. and New York metropolitan area to offer the RNS System to patients.

Raydiance's technology has attracted the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which in July 2007 signed the company to a two - year cooperative research and development agreement that has allowed the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to evaluate the use, safety and effectiveness of Raydiance's USP laser system in a number of areas, including the ablation of corneal tissues in refractive surgery and corneal repair; the administration of light therapy for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes; and the removal of plaque on teeth without damaging the enamel.

The effectiveness of biological systems and nanomachines in capturing light and transporting energy is owing to the highly ordered nanoscale architecture of photoactive molecules.

The laboratory method that we've developed in this study offers strong evidence for the effectiveness of phonics, and has also helped us to understand why phonics works, in terms of the brain systems responsible for reading.»

However, cost effectiveness of pumps in different health - care systems will need to be evaluated.»

Future work by the group will focus on testing the effectiveness of CAST training in a larger sample using neurophysiological measures to examine how the training affects brain systems.

Yet many questions remain about the effectiveness of the fertility system used by ArborGen, which, according to leading scientists, has never been rigorously studied in multiyear trials to prove that it can effectively control plants» spread.