Sentences with phrase «few examples of system»

More troubling, there are few examples of system - wide success stories — school districts that have improved equity and overall student achievement.

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There are still plenty of ways for it to fail once it gets off the ground — the structure could be torn apart by supersonic shockwaves or the side boosters may not separate, since that system has never been tested, for example — but at that point, SpaceX could probably launch another Falcon Heavy within a few months.

People might know a few anecdotal examples of this, like the fact that Fred Smith was a Marine officer who observed the military logistics system before he founded FedEx.

For examples to do with cryptocurrency, someone might develop an app that lets you put a couple dollars on it in the morning, and will then micro-loan it out throughout the day to make a few cents» profit, using a system of smart contracts.

Property, contracts, and identity management are only a few examples of how a peer - to - peer, open, and frictionless system could change business in the future.

Scientists themselves seem to have little interest in setting up formalized axiomatic systems; there are in fact few, if any, clear examples of theories which have been completely axiomatized.

My educated guess is that it is just healing the digestive system or increasing digestive enzymes — that makes good nutritious food completely absorbed in few hours leaving very little residue for expulsion (increased efficiency from an engineer's perspective) and not so good food getting quickly expelled from the body — which makes the person productive in whatever they are supposed to do (Macro level action, taking care of digestive system for example, in setting your body in the correct path for best functioning or preventing you from getting any disease or letting you recover fast).

The wildlife sanctuary also contains one of the few examples of an Atlantic white cedar wetland in the Mass Audubon statewide wildlife sanctuary system.

This renewal has been greatly motivated by the difficulties encountered in advanced democratic systems (Canada, Belgium, Spain, to give a few examples) to reconcile deep diversity with the specific demands of the democratic principle.

Few tourists travel explicitly to see a city's or country's mode of transportation, but I dare say that besides transport nerds such as myself, there are examples which qualify as must - see, including Japan's Shinkansen high - speed train, Lisbon's old tram system, and the streetcars of New Orleans, among others.

For example, among the latest EMBL selection for the international Ph.D. program, there are quite a few students of biology who financed their studies by working as system managers or software developers, i.e., with the right kind of general background.

For example, the human vascular system has evolved to provide blood access to flow through a network of a few large arteries and many small capillaries.

All human societies have many apparently arbitrary practices that persist for centuries or even millennia — writing systems, counting systems, sets of number signs, and calendars, to name just a few examples.

I'm sure you heard of Stephen Lawrence or Anthony walker or neglect of black females mental state in our system as a few examples.

Overview: Page 1: Space vocabulary (word search) Page 2/3: The Big Bang Page 4/5: The Solar System Page 6/7: The Sun Page 8: Black holes Page 9: The International Space Station Page 10: Space Rubbish Page 11: Objects in Space (Comets, Asteroids and Meteors) Page 12: Fun Facts Page 13: Space Crossword Puzzle Page 14: Your thoughts about Space (Composition) The following questions are just a few examples of the aspects handled in this worksheet: - What are the planets in our Solar System?

Burris herself admits that «Rockville Centre is one of the few examples of a successfully de-tracked school system.»

Indeed, there are few if any examples in the education field of systems doubling or tripling results.

While U.S. advocates like to point to a few remaining examples of countries that provide free tuition, the reality is that many countries have actually moved away from free college and toward a system of cost - sharing with students.

Schools within schools, personalized learning communities, online courses, and advisory groups are a few examples of ways that schools can weave the social web of the student tighter within the economic constraints of the system.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

To date, New Hampshire has quite successfully taken reformation of its public school system into its own hands through an innovative new learning model, raising teacher quality, promoting charter schools, and raising the dropout age, just to mention a few examples.

While these are only a few examples of proven prevention measures, I have found them to be among the more effective approaches in use by many school systems.

Two of those six school districts offer one example: During the 2013 — 14 school year, only 4 percent of teachers in South Bend were rated «Highly Effective» compared to 15 percent in Fort Wayne.70 Among the states that provide school districts flexibility to design their own systems, fewer than half require that the state review and approve district models.71

In 1999, achievement gaps based on race and socioeconomic status were large and persistent, and there were few examples of schools, much less school systems, that defied this trend.

Technology that can look into drivers» eyes and read their mind (well, almost), dazzling audio systems that don't use speakers and wireless inductive charging systems for battery - electric vehicles are just a few examples of the deluge coming from the auto supplier.

The system did a fairly good job of understanding what I was trying to say, but in the few instances where I had to repeat myself two to three times (to say «Tehama Street,» for example), the system would stop me and simply ask me to spell out the destination instead.

The lack of response to the accelerator pedal has quite a few potential causes that would have to be sorted out in a diagnostic including, just as a few examples, plugged fuel injectors, faulty oxygen sensors, fuel pump and / or filter, vacuum leaks including that caused by a faulty EGR system, ignition system malfunctions, bad valve timing if the timing belt or chain is worn or skipped, blocked exhaust (e.g., catalytic converter fails or becomes clogged), a faulty airflow sensor or throttle position sensor, and so forth.

The example I drove was in SL trim, with a base price of $ 22,170 and quite a few useful features, from navigation to the blind - spot monitor system.

For example, some of the issues with an evaporative system could require a replacement of the charcoal canister; which is a few hundred dollar repair.

A few short years ago the major publishers and some of us smaller publishers (Pulphouse Publishing Inc. for example) had the knowledge and the ability to access the book distribution system.

An example is India: not only is there a big uptake of smartphones, but they're big ebook downloaders (with probably few e-ink Kindle users), and ebooks have helped to solve another big problem, namely a broken distribution system for printed books.

A few examples of recent topics include how to get your spouse on board with an investment in real estate; how to overcome some of the common fears that all first - time property investors face; and how community infrastructure (a town's sewage system, for example) can kill cashflow.

It's one of the few surviving examples of an Inca grid system.

It has been 11 years since the release of Hotel Dusk: Room 215, and since then it has become one of the few examples of a great slow - burn, text - heavy adventure game that can be found on the system.

SEGA is certainly a studio that can crank out some fantastic titles — just look at the recent Yakuza 5, a prime example of the studio's prowess when it comes to cranking out a masterpiece — but these titles are few and far between when compared to the studio's glory days, and you'd be hard - pressed to find any series in their current stable of games that screams «system seller» in the same way today's Halo, Uncharted, and Legend of Zelda titles do on their respective platforms.

Yes, the smaller gameplay elements around the primary systems are all fairly dull and the game does suffer from some stilted dialogue and equally stilted animations, but this is one of the few examples of a detective game that actually makes you feel like a detective, asking you to pay genuine attention to the clues at hand in order to deduce the correct answer and then having the balls to let you fail.

While the image of a keyboard makes sense, as the system has already received a few MMORPG's in Japan for example, the Donkey Konga bongos are a much more bizarre choice.

For example, Mario Kart only lets you rewind roughly a minute whereas some of the RPGs on the system let you go back a few minutes.

The above video from Aquaponic gives an excellent step - by - step overview of a homemade system that integrates carp and goldfish with lettuce, tomatoes, marigolds and jalapenos, and you can also click below the fold for a few more examples.

James Abbot said The notion that it is «illogical» that trace constituents of physical systems can be important simply because they are at trace levels is so pathetic its difficult to know where to start, but here's a few examples of why trace constituents are essential:

The notion that it is «illogical» that trace constituents of physical systems can be important simply because they are at trace levels is so pathetic its difficult to know where to start, but here's a few examples of why trace constituents are essential:

When the climate system is at a cold state (the LIA for example), even a prolonged high solar frequency can not bring it to a much warmer state ever the course of just a few cycles — it takes time.

Tomas has argued for the dominance of spatiotemporal chaos, which is much more complex than classical examples of chaos in systems of a few discrete variables.

I've seen a few examples of Jean Pain - style composting / heating systems on various permaculture projects before — most notably the one being used at green t - shirt printers» TS Designs headquarters to heat their biodiesel brewing process.

But here are a few examples of places which have taken their local monetary system into their own hands:

Most of us are probably able to name just a few key examples of carbon farming practices, most likely the addition of compost and / or biochar, and moving to a no - till system with cover crops, but there are a host of other practical methods as well, which may vary a bit depending on the location where they're implemented.

For example, if you're a contract lawyer — investing in a top of the line research system is really important but if you only conduct legal research once every few months, use Google Scholar — it's free.

But aside from a few isolated examples, no summaries are produced for the thousands of cases each year which are decided in the Administrative Court and Court of Appeal, both of which are central to the public law system.

For example, a person who is just a few grams over the legal limit will probably be diverted out of the legal system, whereas a person selling it at street level in large quantities without paying the taxes or having a licence to do so will receive a much harsher sentence.

To offer a few examples: lawyer disciplinary systems are much more (if still imperfectly) transparent and professionalized; lawyers now have more tools available to them to ensure that they deliver good quality legal services to the public; and the public now has more (if still limited) options regarding the delivery of legal services (like, for example, licensed paralegals in Ontario and unbundled legal services).