Sentences with phrase «growing use of screen»

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During the conversion of conventionally grown cotton into apparel and textiles, many hazardous materials are used during processing and screen - printing, including dyes, silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame retardants, ammonia, formaldehyde, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC in screen printing)-- to just name a few.

The reality is that even the most active kids will gladly plant themselves in front of a video game or TV for hours on end, and the growing use of smartphones and tablets only add to the amount of screen time among children.

Long uses the New York Times story about growing calls for Nancy Brinker to resign from the Susan G. Komen foundation in the aftermath of their ban on contributions to organizations under investigation — which was criticized as a backdoor way to stop providing funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings — and she comes to Brinker's defense.

2 Retinal screening with a digital camera is used to spot signs of retinopathy, a diabetic complication that occurs when blood vessels in the retina of the eye become blocked, leaky or grow haphazardly.

«Given the broad and growing use of smartwatches and ready accessibility of downloadable mobile applications, this approach may ultimately be applied to efficiently screen for AF,» said senior author Gregory Marcus, MD, MAS, a UCSF Health cardiologist and director of clinical research in the UCSF Division of Cardiology.

Genomic sequencing of healthy individuals could grow to resemble current population - based preventative screening measures, such as newborn screening or the use of colonoscopy after age 50, which have been integrated into clinical practice to identify uncommon diseases.

In a letter to Apple, Jana Partners LLC, and the California State Teachers» Retirement System (also known as CalSTRS)-- they control about $ 2 billion of Apple shares — call youth phone addiction a growing public health crisis and urge Apple to make it easier for parents to control their children's screen time and to fund studies that would reveal the true consequences of smartphone use on mental health.

After Superbad and several episodes of Undeclared, director Greg Mottola seems dead set on using this growing - up - is - hard - to - do parable to cement his reputation as the screen's bard of postadolescent angst.

Whilst the characters on screen navigate the class dynamics of colonial life; choosing to adopt certain characteristics of their European colonisers in order to advance professionally and socially; the film itself reflects a growing trend in mainstream cinema of dealing with African themes using traditional Western narrative structures.

With the increased use of Response to Intervention (RTI) as a framework for the early identification and prevention of reading problems comes a growing interest in improving how students are screened for potential reading difficulties.

Inside, the infotainment screen has grown from seven to ten inches (though only if you go for a model with sat nav), and the fiddly Remote Touch Interface has been improved by the addition of an «enter» button — though it's still frustrating to use.

With the emergence of a growing number of smaller - sized tablet devices, advertisers and publishers will need to understand whether these devices limit the opportunity for advertising compared to their larger - screen counterparts, or if they are able to build incremental reach and engagement by presenting different use cases.

For people over the age of about 35, who grew up with computers that used blocky green and black screens with just 40 characters across and 25 down, modern screens are wonderful and amazing.

At the bottom of the screen there is a set of stars that are filled up at the very beginning, these grow as your act continues, and by using one you only have to face your opponent / opponents that you failed to win a showdown against.

You'll select your destination from the overworld map, and when you enter you'll find an area comprised of several scrolling screens (and a map on the bottom screen to show how they all connect) full of environmental puzzles to solve, which all present clever ways to use the growing repertoire of skills the squad possess as they progress.

Avery's father was a projectionist of film at MoMA when she was growing up, and so Avery used to watch him load the film and screen the films.

Extreme weather events are nowadays commonplace, and we have grown used to the images of mass destruction on our television screens.

This can create real challenges — not only for due diligence investigators who rely on web - based search tools as a first line of screening for exactly this type of information, but also for the growing ecosystem of automated investigative technologies that use search engines.

If Android had to be released under the GPL (and only under the GPL, or at least a compatible copyleft license), Google would have a hard time keeping a growing number of core Android components like its Mail and Map clients or even the new on - screen keyboard (again, more about that in the next section) closed — and Google's hardware partners would have to release their proprietary enhancements such as Samsung's Touchwiz and HTC Sense under the GPL, which would run counter to their objective of differentiation because their competitors could then use the same code.

What you might consider the OS installation, the growing percentage atop a blue screen, is just this «offline» state — a considerable amount of installation is done while you're still using the computer, before it restarts.

The iPhone has also grown in size to compete in the big - screen device market, where Samsung used to dominate due to the Galaxy Note series of devices of the company.

A recent USA Today article highlights the growing trend of using social networking profiles for background screening.

The first tip references a controversial topic for Human Resources professionals: the growing use of Internet - based background screening via review...

As technology has grown employers now have a wealth of information at their fingertips, so the resume has become one of many tools employers use to screen and source candidates.

As a result, the EEOC held a public Commission meeting in October 2010 to hear testimony on the growing use of credit histories of job applicants as selection criteria during employment background screening to see if the practice is discriminatory.

By Les Rosen, Employment Screening Resources 2010 Trends in Screening Trend Seven: E-Verify and other government background check requirements will grow The government's efforts to require employers to verify eligibly for employment gathered additional steam when the rules for the use of E-verify for federal contractors finally went into effect in 2009 after a number...

As previously reported on the ESR News blog «California SB 459 Enacts Stiff Penalties for Employers Willfully Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors,» the passing of AB 459 and the growing trend of scrutinizing worker classification relates to the background screening industry since some background screening firms use at - home workers to make verification phone calls that may be misclassified as independent contractors.

This section includes resources and information to aid caseworkers with screening children, youth, and families for co-occurring issues and trauma; help staff engage families with cultural humility and competence; grow their understanding of the appropriate use and oversight of psychotropic medications for children and youth in foster care; and build networks of support that will strengthen families, keep children safe, and increase family well - being and wellness.