Sentences with phrase «equivalent gains in»

So, dramatic improvement in building efficiency is an important part of a much larger transition that must include equivalent gains in transportation, agriculture, urban design, and manufacturing.

Even if you can, there's no assurance that every cent you save in expenses will translate to an equivalent gain in returns (although research shows funds with lower costs do tend to outperform their high - cost counterparts).

Not exact matches

Toronto - listed shares in the company rose 5 percent to C$ 72.36 in morning trading, while the U.S. equivalent gained 4.8 percent to $ 56.08.

Toronto - listed shares in the company rose 5 percent to C $ 72.36 in morning trading, while the U.S. equivalent gained 4.8...

In the opinion of the Company's management, adjusted book value per share is useful in an analysis of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reserveIn the opinion of the Company's management, adjusted book value per share is useful in an analysis of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reservein an analysis of a property casualty company's book value per share as it removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense reserves.

With compensation and performance information in one system, you gain insight to control salary budgets and ensure compensation increases are equivalent with contribution.

I did indeed wince at the assumption that investment lost in carbon - intensive industries will automatically be offset by precisely equivalent investment gains in other industries.

As you may have guessed, this was designed to create a 401 (k) equivalent of the Roth IRA, to which the investor contributes after - tax funds (no tax deduction), but, in exchange, will never have to pay taxes again on any of the capital gains, dividends, interest, or future withdrawals from the account provided the rules are followed and there are no statutory adjustments in the meantime.

One way to look at the value of turnovers is to hone in on the value (in equivalent points) of the field position lost by one team and gained by the other.

Indeed, a job description for the equivalent post in Canada in 2014 states the main responsibility is to, «Stimulate retail sales through the promotion of infant formulas and cereals to gain Healthcare Professionals recommendations..»]

Schools have improved in the last 13 years in many ways - in raw standards, in the number and percentage of pupils who now gain the magic five A * - C (or equivalent) GCSEs, in the quality of teaching and learning in our schools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in schools.

By contrast, Rallings and Thrasher predict that the Liberal Democrats will make gains because they have been doing well in local by - elections and so expected to be up 7 points in their National Equivalent Vote (NEV).

Modern day equivalents to the National Front continue to promote racist and fascist views and it is vital to the National Union of Teachers that they do not gain a foothold in British politics.

So from 2017, Gomoa East Constituency will have an equivalent of $ 1million and this will come every year so that no one will sit in Accra and send these monies to Burkina Faso or Dubai and deprive you of the benefits that can be gained from such an amount.»

The team's findings, published in the February issue of Molecular Therapy, show that the treatment leads to notable gains in hearing and allows mice that would normally be completely deaf to hear the equivalent of a loud conversation.

An Experienced Researcher, according to the EC's definition, is one who has acquired at least 4 years of research experience (full - time equivalent) since gaining a university diploma giving access to doctoral studies in the country in which the degree / diploma was obtained, or researchers already in possession of a doctoral degree (Ph.D.).

On average, runners in the high - high group and low - low group did not improve, but the high - low group sped up by an average of 13 seconds — equivalent to about a 100 - yard gain in a race.

Climbing them, you start in Mexico and end up in Canada, each 1,000 - foot gain in elevation the ecological equivalent of a 500 - mile trip north.

Various gain and loss processes of the particle momentum occur in the thruster, significantly affecting the propulsive performance, where the thrust force is equivalent to the momentum exhausted from the system.

So while India gained 17 million people in that year and the U.S. gained three million, by this simplified math the U.S. growth in population counted for the equivalent of an additional 25.6 million tons of oil consumed, whereas India's much greater growth counted for only 6.6 million additional tons.

The other gain is price: a carbon fibre violin would cost about # 1400 compared to # 2400 for an equivalent in wood.

Coleen McNamara, MD, a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia, recently discovered a B cell subset that produces natural antibodies to protect from diet - induced atherosclerosis in mice, and she hopes to gain insights into the equivalent mechanisms in humans.

Thus, despite equivalent reductions in food intake and weight gain in hyperleptinemic and pair - fed animals, identifiable fat tissue was completely ablated only in the former group, raising the possibility of a specific lipoatrophic activity for leptin.

Plenty of people have recorded weight gains on a whole foods diet, and while a bag of fresh cherries might not hit you in the exact same way as its carb equivalent in powdered sugar, it'll still spike your blood sugar, kick you out of ketosis and give you cravings for even more carbs.

Researchers compared the muscle gains of young men after completing heavy - weight lifting workouts followed by consumption of equivalent amounts of protein in the form of either skim milk or a soy beverage.

In 1958, a scientist named Max Wishnofsky concluded that the caloric equivalent of one pound of body weight lost or gained was 3,500 calories (3).

What we really need, however, is research comparing refined supplements to equivalent nutrient intakes from whole foods, as this would help gain the support of the scientific and medical communities behind real food (something currently beginning to happen in the nutrition world, in part thanks to the influence of Michael Pollan's writings).

The Training Day pilot is gaining some momentum after it has been revealed that the equivalent to Ethan Hawke's character in the original movie has been found for the proposed TV show.

The Training Day pilot is gaining some momentum after it has been revealed that the equivalent to Ethan Hawke's character in the original movie...

By this measure, the NCLB impact is equivalent to roughly two - thirds of the average annual gain in scale points.

For youth in the highest risk group (top 20 %), the gain in school quality indicators is «roughly equivalent to moving from one of the lowest - ranked schools to one around the district average.»

The CREDO report found that students in Boston charter schools gain the equivalent of 259 additional days of instruction in math and 245 days in reading compared to their counterparts in traditional district schools.

For youth in the high - risk group, the gain as measured by these quality indicators is roughly equivalent to moving from one of the lowest - ranked schools to one around the district average.

After joining the teams, they produced learning gains equivalent to those of teachers from the 75th to 85th percentile in math, and, in six of the seven statistical models, from 66th to 72nd percentile in reading, said the report, released on January 11 through the CALDER Center.

Alex Hernandez of the Charter School Growth Fund celebrated: «[CREDO] reports that the 107,000 students whose schools receive support from the Charter School Growth Fund gain, on average, the equivalent of four additional months of learning in math and three additional months of learning in reading each year when compared to peers in other public schools.»

The gains in math were the equivalent of closing almost half the yawning gap between white and black students in the U.S.

Yet, despite those flaws, a randomized controlled trial found that the program led to gains equivalent to 10 percent of a year's worth of learning in math and 11 percent in reading.

Across all tested students in online charters, the typical academic gains for math are -0.25 standard deviations (equivalent to 180 fewer days of learning) and -0.10 (equivalent to 72 fewer days) for reading.

If your training efforts result in a 1 percent improvement in your subordinates» performance, your company will gain the equivalent of two hundreds hour of work as a result of the expenditure of your twelve hours.»

Furthermore, the gains are approximately equivalent to a third of the black - white gap in test scores among students in the experiment.

District students who landed in higher - quality schools gained an equivalent of sixty - nine extra days of learning in reading and sixty - three extra days of learning in math.

We know that mentors provide new teachers with much - needed support and guidance in their crucial first years, but there's a strong pass - through effect as well: Students of mentored teachers gained the equivalent of 3 to 3.5 months of additional learning in reading and math over the course of a year, a new study found.

This gain is equivalent to $ 267,000 in present value at age 12, discounting at a 5 percent interest rate.

«Through OUA, students can study this one - year equivalent course online, giving them the ability to continue working in the field to gain more experience and attain their postgraduate degree at the same time — the ideal combination in the eyes of employers,» he explains.

By comparison, students in the typical classroom gained roughly one grade equivalent each year, as expected.

The intervention produced substantial gains in measured student achievement in the year following its completion, equivalent to moving the average student from the 50th to the 59th percentile in achievement test scores.

He cites a national study, CREDO, which found students in Newark charters gaining the equivalent of seven months in reading and nine in math, compared to virtual counterparts.

A September 2013 study from Mathematica Policy Research found that TFA middle and high school math teachers outperform other math teachers in their schools, by the equivalent of students gaining 3 points on a 100 - point test.

By the final year of the study (2014 - 15), charter school students had gained the equivalent of 40 extra days of learning in reading and 46 extra days in math.

At IDEA Public Schools, students gained the equivalent of 74 extra days of learning in reading.