Sentences with phrase «focus on improving»

As hepatitis C therapy continues to advance, a focus on improving diagnosis, linkage to care, and insurance coverage will be more critical.»

«Despite budget cuts and increasing emphasis on academic skills, schools are choosing to focus on improving student health, which ultimately can support improved academic performance.»

Intel announced yesterday that its first ISTC will focus on improving computer visualization.

Future studies will focus on improving knowledge of fault lines in the region and gaining a better understanding of fluid pressure, specifically how the amount of water injection (both now and in the past) has impacted the geological mechanisms at work in the area.

Next, the research team plans to focus on improving the battery - free phone's operating range and encrypting conversations to make them secure.

Green Urbanism — these are projects that focus on improving the liveability of urban areas.

Experimental work will focus on improving specificity and bioavailability — the amount of drug that actually reaches the target tissues before being discharged by the body.

Research in the new facilities, mainly bankrolled by the Wellcome Trust, will focus on improving preservation and germination technologies to increase the longevity of the dried and frozen seed.

Equally, instead of encouraging low - tech traditional farming methods it may be preferable to focus on improving high - yield mechanised agriculture on the most fertile farmland to feed the new urban residents, whilst allowing mountainsides and other marginal lands to revert to forest.

Rather than using a «trick» to make a donor think they are more efficient, Ord says, charities should focus on improving their efficacy.

The study's authors suggest that efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour to use appliances more efficiently.

If you focus on improving one to three specific skills this year, and then do the same during each year of your training, then you will be much better prepared for your next career move (and likely more successful during your training).

You will have peace of mind and can focus on improving your reverse warrior, triangle, and all other poses that you practice.

Friends of the former Conservative leader say he is also planning to set up a «life chances foundation», which will focus on improving opportunities for disadvantaged people.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan and other stakeholders launched the City of Albany's «My Brother's and Sister's Keeper» (MBSK) at City Hall, an initiative that will focus on improving opportunities of young men and women of color in Albany and reducing the levels of violence that far too many of them experience.

In an op - ed published by the NY Daily News, Executive Director, Micah Lasher, calls on the commission to boldy confront problems and focus on improving teacher quality:

And despite Chancellor Dennis Walcott's pledge to focus on improving middle schools, 63 percent saw their afterschool programs curtailed and 59 percent lost extracurricular activities.

BOST said TSL Ghana's operations continued to focus on improving the technical competencies of BOST's depot staff.

Mr. Van Bramer distinguishes himself with his record on reform issues, his community activism, and his focus on improving the district's quality of life.»

With a great deal of focus on improving graduation rates in the city of Buffalo, a program is underway at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo that is allowing teenage inmates to reach high school graduation.

She also indicated that she wants to put the internal bickering aside behind and focus on improving the party's electoral fortunes.

All of these projects are critical to the safety and quality of life of members of our community and I will continue to focus on improving our local infrastructure in 2016.

This forum will focus on improving and expanding New York programs and offer opportunities to support economic growth.

The comptroller prefers to view it as an overly zealous focus on improving government efficiency, but he says it is misguided.

But he says he'd rather focus on improving the economy, and says too much attention has been paid to social issues in the GOP Presidential campaign lately.

In the 26th District, Tercyak said his agenda again will focus on improving conditions for workers and the middle class.

«This is the prize which Cameron is after; a focus on improving the overall standard by encouraging postcode lotteries rather than frowning at them.

We certainly support the recommendations by Ofsted to focus on improving the career guidance for students to avoid the gender - stereotypical choices that are being made.

Dr Assibey - Yeboah said the second aspect of the project would focus on improving the quality of education in selected low - performing SHSs.

A source close to the mayor says the speech will focus on improving the quality of life for New Yorkers.

The government believes that, giving the institutions tax breaks will enable them focus on improving and maintaining their facilities in order to attract more students from all over the continent.

«We have a responsibility to continue to make critical capital and infrastructure improvements that transform our healthcare system into one of sustainability with a deep focus on improving patient care and delivery of vital services,» Cuomo said in a statement.

We are going to focus on improving the programs we have, and fighting for Mayor de Blasio's plan to ensure every middle schooler has a place to go after school,» said DYCD Commissioner Bill Chong.

Albany needs to focus on improving the state's business climate — not make it more toxic.»

John Redwood blogged earlier this morning, urging the Coalition to focus on improving living standards:

I thank Democratic Conference Leader Stewart - Cousins, Senator Gianaris, my colleagues, the Vote Better coalition including NYC Votes, NYPIRG, Citizens Union, NAACP, and Dominicanos USA for their continued focus on improving voting laws.»

«I've had the pleasure of knowing John Faso for many years and have seen firsthand the positive impact he has had on job creation and his singular focus on improving the economy of New York State and the lives of his fellow New Yorkers,» said Heather C. Briccetti, president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «As a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley, John knows what's important to the voters in the 19th Congressional District and will be an outstanding advocate on their behalf.»

Gordon Brown will call for a greater focus on improving social mobility in a keynote speech later today.

Aubertine praised Cuomo's «focus on improving our state's energy independence, reducing taxes on energy, and facilitating weatherization and home efficiency improvements that will create jobs.

While not theoretically an easy needle to thread, Neil O'Brien's Policy Exchange, with its simultaneous focus on improving life in the North and appealing to ethnic minority voters, did just that.

Through our Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), the CIOT has a particular focus on improving the tax system, including tax credits and benefits, for the unrepresented taxpayer.

They focus both on improving and expanding the nation's nutrition programs, and bolstering the economy and strengthening supports for working families in order to move more out of poverty, the root cause of hunger in this country.

Parents are encouraged to focus on improving fitness and self - esteem rather than solely on weight.

In addition, all of their products are produced in fair trade settings, with a particular focus on improving opportunities for local populations.

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It's important to note that the study did find that «high levels of fruit and vegetable waste continued to be a problem — students discarded roughly 60 % -75 % of vegetables and 40 % of fruits on their trays,» but the authors conclude that this finding means that districts must «must focus on improving food quality and palatability to reduce waste,» rather than seeking to roll back the new meal standards.

Instead, they need to focus on improving the conditions for football players and helping them understand more how they can play without hurting themselves or without being hurt.

Elmhurst — The Park District is discarding the idea of building a water park and will instead focus on improving the two pools it has.

Hopefully this redirects the funds back to the trays where there has been so much focus on improving the nutritional quality of that food.

Many of the programs for kids that are on the market focus on improving only one skill.