Sentences with phrase «good early measure»

Not exact matches

Return on average common equity (ROE), a measure of how well the bank uses shareholder money to generate profit, was 6.4 % in the quarter, down from 14.7 % a year earlier.

The commitment to endeavor to eliminate the deficit a year earlier is a good thing, and so is the continuing pattern of developing economy opportunities, whether it's on innovation or measures for small business to create employment.

Then, for good measure, we threw into the mix Altrec.com, which earlier this year added adventure - travel services to its outdoor - gear site through an alliance with Virtuoso, a network of independent travel specialists.

The number who believe that life in the U.S. is better than life in Mexico has fluctuated over the years, but as of last year was measured at 48 %, a slight decrease from 51 % seven years earlier.

The idea was originally developed in the early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying on shaky indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.

As always, the best opportunities are likely to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in our measures of market action (which, following our stress - testing earlier in this half - cycle, are robust to every market cycle we've observed across history).

After climbing sharply in late 2003, industrial production and merchandise exports have levelled out in early 2004, although both measures remain well up on levels recorded a year earlier.

The inverse of this ratio, the bank leverage measure mentioned earlier, was regarded as the best available indicator of bank riskiness: the higher the leverage, the riskier the bank.

After President Donald Trump proclaimed in an early March tweet that «trade wars are good, and easy to win,» China shot back days later with a statement saying, «China would fight to the end to defend its own legitimate interests with all necessary measures.»

I just made 2 batches of these to bring for early Thanksgiving this weekend, and neither turned out well: — LRB - My first batch I think I under measured my flour and they were super wet.

In the early years, Wenger didn't settle, he craved competition at it's highest levels, he longed to defeat Man Utd and Fergie, he spent countless hours trying to lure the best and the brightest to the Highbury, he resisted anything resembling a half measure and he desired perfection on and off the pitch.

In these early visits, noted the ADA, your dentist will evaluate your child and advise you on best dental care routine for their specific needs, including maintenance and preventive measures.

Whether your multiples are in an Early Intervention program or receiving therapy through the school district, their development is measured by how well they meet goals and objectives.

Low family income during the early childhood has been linked to comparatively less secure attachment, 4 higher levels of negative moods and inattention, 5 as well as lower levels of prosocial behaviour in children.2 The link between low family income and young children's problem behaviour has been replicated across several datasets with different outcome measures, including parental reports of externalizing and internalizing behaviours,1 - 3, 7 -9,11-12 teacher reports of preschool behavioural problems, 10 and assessments of children based on clinical diagnostic interviews.7

Since the mid-1930s, prolonged and independent night - time sleep has been the hallmark of a «good baby» in many Western societies; early infant independence is viewed as a developmental goal, and its achievement as a measure of effective parenting [7][8].

The earliest baby books were obsessed with metrics: A good mother was supposed to measure and weigh her child constantly.

A number of non-fiscal measure are a range of good government reforms including same - day registration, early voting, closing the LLC loophole and oversight of economic development contracts.

These could encompass the establishment of real and constraining confidence - building measures, and the development of defence doctrines and military procurement policies that better reflect the cooperative security ideas inherent in what China referred to as its «New Security Concept» first introduced in the late 1990s and early 2000s (Gill, 2005).

Many of the measures were listed on Cuomo's 2018 State of the State agenda, including closing a loophole in election law that allows for unlimited political donations through a network of limited liabilities companies, as well as early voting.

The group, NYCLASS, «feels very good» about the chances of a new measure being unveiled as early as January, as pressure has been mounting for a compromise after Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito failed to corral enough votes for an outright ban or other reforms.

The measure is expected to pass in the Senate as well, with GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan earlier expressing support for the change.

Earlier this year, every Republican in the chamber as well as Democratic Senator Ted O'Brien voted against the measure, which fell two votes short of passage.

Rep. Chris Collins has done this, as has Rep. Tom Reed earlier on Friday as well after the state Democratic committee launched an ad campaign knocking his opposition to new gun control measures.

«One of the biggest problems facing our veterans right now, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is finding good jobs in civilian life,» she said earlier this year at a House hearing on her measure.

Cuomo's wide - ranging, 10 - point ethics reform agenda advocates for a public campaign financing system, early voting, and several additional measures that reform - minded advocates and legislators have been calling for, as well as others of his own.

They also believe that by measuring a patient's dark adaptation response time they have developed a tool that can help track the onset or progression of the disease as well as measure the effectiveness of drugs that are in development to treat the disease early on.

In a report on their study, published June 20 as an Early View article online in Annals of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins team found that increasing levels of the protein clumps corresponded with worsening nerve damage, indicating that the smaller skin biopsies they used appear to work well as a measure of disease severity.

In its importance for our understanding of — well, everything — measuring such a signal would be even more revolutionary than mapping the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the relic light from when the early universe first cooled to transparency some 380,000 years after the big bang.

«The findings suggest that it may be justified to go beyond the handgrip and to include the upper and lower body when measuring muscle strength, as this may better reflect the association between muscle strength and cognition,» says Early Stage Researcher Heikki Pentikäinen, the first author of the article, who is currently preparing a PhD thesis on the topic for the University of Eastern Finland.

One of the reasons scientists have been so interested in the argon ratio in Martian meteorites is that it was — before Curiosity — the best measure of how much atmosphere Mars has lost since the planet's earlier, wetter, warmer days billions of years ago.

The results of this study provide measures associated with normal cognitive aging in Border collies, and thus could be used as a basis for breed comparisons as well as early recognition and treatment of certain cognitive deficits.

That's because, he says, the fossilized shafts of the feathers of early birds are often not well defined, making them difficult to measure accurately.

The system measures traits like a child's ability to follow an object as it passes in front of the eyes, as well as noting certain mannerisms or postures that are classified as being early signs of a possible ASD.

Translational researchers must take promising early - stage compounds and go through a host of refinements to improve measures such as how long compounds last in the body and how well they move through the bloodstream, find their targets, and minimize their toxicity.

«It is something we should be pushing for,» Laruelle said, noting earlier conservation measures, as well as cooperation on space exploration during the Cold War.

Changes in the manipulation medium, as well as a move from late to early stages after first appearance of pronuclei, produced blastocysts which were statistically indistinguishable from those produced in normal IVF by measures of morphology, ploidy and gene expression.

But the new Purdue study suggests the EPA's inventories may not be quantifying all the methane emissions from wells being drilled because few people have measured methane leaking from wells in the earliest stage of well development — the actual drilling itself.

«We must be well prepared for the future, and national drought policies which are based on realistic vulnerability assessments and that have effective early warning systems and risk mitigation measures will be vital,» Barbut stressed.

They also believe that by measuring a patient's dark adaptation response time they have developed a tool that can help track the onset or progression of the disease as well as measure the effectiveness of drugs that are in develpoment to treat the disease early on.

Furthermore, when you notice this problem, it is advisable you take early measures to deal with them because early treatment can produce quick and better results and reduce scarring chances.

The value of volume has been mentioned various times throughout this article so you can probably guess where this is going — a good way to measure your progress is to see how much volume you are doing at one point compared to an earlier one.

By identifying the stress syndrome early enough and taking measures (like saying NO to people or changing jobs or careers) you may be well and truly saving your life.

However, there are also certain common sense measures that you can take to protect yourself, such as not providing personal information too early and making sure that you meet in a well - lit, public place.

Add to this the measured - to - outraged performances by Jones and Cooper and you've got an early contender for best ensemble piece of the year.

To measure their «kindergarten readiness,» kindergarten teachers evaluate children's early literacy skills as well as a combination of social, emotional, and cognitive indicators.

To measure historical empathy, we included three statements on the survey with which students could express their level of agreement or disagreement: 1) I have a good understanding of how early Americans thought and felt; 2) I can imagine what life was like for people 100 years ago; and 3) When looking at a painting that shows people, I try to imagine what those people are thinking.

First, I came to the realization early in my career that there are a lot of high schools in this country that by traditional measures are good schools but that still can and need to improve.

In its deliberations, the committee — which planned to introduce the measure as early as this week — heard complaints from the education and scientific community that its $ 300 - million package was insufficient to solve schools» problems, as well as the objection of Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell that the bill was too expensive.

This might look like charter - school agreements in the early days — customized contracts that consider «multiple measures» and qualitative judgments that are better aligned with the mission and approach of the schools being evaluated (like the ones you love, Governor «Moonbeam» Brown).

To measure historical empathy, researchers employed a series of statements and asked students to agree or disagree, including, «I have a good understanding of how early Americans thought and felt.»