Sentences with phrase «identifying high development»

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Barry Pellas, who oversees tech strategy and the development of strategic assets for digital transformation firm PointSource, points out that Amazon certainly could be using facial recognition to individually identify customers in its new high - tech store in Seattle, but does not.

Expenses for other direct program expenses (excluding other transfer payments) could be $ 2 billion higher than estimated in Budget 2012, especially if the Government decides to book the shortfall in the environmental liability as identified by the Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development.

Focusing exclusively on high - potential products that align with health system priorities and patient needs, EXCITE's pre-market approach identifies opportunities for improvement while products are still in development, resulting in better technologies for patients and lower system costs, while also streamlining the subsequent adoption process.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

For example, one company's annual leadership - development assessment of its top - level executives identifies «effectively dealing with problem performers» as a critical characteristic in determining who is given the highest performance rating.

To achieve results in this high - pressure role, SDR teams need tools that support account - based sales development in order to identify and prioritize target accounts, expand their reach, and engage with the right people at the right time.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

As we continue to identify risk factors for lactation insufficiency (variations in infant oral anatomy, hypoplastic breast appearance or insufficient glandular development, high pre-pregnant body mass index, insulin resistance, other hormonal irregularities), it is extremely important that mothers, whether they believe they are «at risk» or not, identify appropriate breastfeeding support before their babies are born.

The woman, whom The Buffalo News has agreed not to identify, said she is angry that Hoyt left his post as regional president of Empire State Development Corp. with accolades from high state officials after she lodged complaints more than a year ago with a state ethics agency and the office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

New research from the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) identifies a potential biomarker that predicts atypical development in 1 - to 2 - month - old infants at high versus low familial risk for developing autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

By combining each mouse's genome, phenome, proteome and metabolome, the scientists were able to identify a particular gene, located on their chromosome 2, and whose presence plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes «The mice with a high - fat diet are more or less likely to develop diabetes depending on whether this gene is active or not,» said Evan Williams, LISP PhD student and the article's co-first author.

«DTI provides a way to evaluate pre-symptomatic brain damage in people with high blood pressure in order to identify possible therapies to help control brain damage and reduce the eventual development of dementia.

If clinicians could use brain scans to identify vulnerable high - risk individuals in early adolescence when the brain is still developing, it may be possible to curb the development of the disorder and help prevent its most debilitating effects.

It is therefore critical to identify which pathogenic microbes might contribute to a higher Parkinson's disease risk or to development of a more severe symptomatology — a research direction the researchers are planning to take.

The finding could help identify children at high risk of asthma, and it could also lead to the development of probiotic mixtures that prevent the disease.

«Genetic mutations warn of skin cancer risk: New high - risk cancer causing mutation identified for melanoma development.»

By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.

High throughput screening in motor neurons is a new approach to identifying effective therapy for SMA, said Lee L. Rubin, PhD, Senior Vice President for Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer for Curis, Inc., and former Professor of Anatomy and Developmental Biology and Director of the Eisai Institute at University College in London.

Hear about the Science Exchange's Reproducibility Initiative, which aims to reward high - quality, reproducible research and provide a mechanism for industry to identify robust new drug targets for the development of effective new therapies.

Part of the research is aimed at developing a new prognostic «biomarker» — proteins present in the cancer that identify TNBC patients at high risk of metastasis (development of secondary tumours).

Through the development of phenotypic assays and high throughput screening (HTS) thousands of compounds have been identified that inhibit the most serious malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

Therefore we are also interested in the development of markers that identify persons with high risk for developing type 1 diabetes.

«This shows that measuring high frequency variability during this early critical window of postnatal development has value for identifying NEC risk at a time when symptoms are not evident and interventions to improve the parasympathetic nervous system activity can be given,» said researcher R. Alberto Travagli, professor of neural and behavioral sciences.

Following completion of a massive epitope discovery effort (also supported by an HHS contract), current work on MTB includes development of tools to isolate MTB - specific T cells (supported by the Gates Foundation) and identifying T cell signatures that distinguish three possible infection states: cleared infection, stable latent infection, and latent infection with high risk of progression to disease (in conjunction with a large consortium led by Henry Blumberg at Emory University).

It also boasts very high levels of beta - carotene (which your body automatically converts to vitamin A), identified as a deterrent against breast cancer as well as a supporter of healthy lung development in fetuses and newborns.

During the past decade, Michael Cera has come to represent «our youth» to many who identify with the slightly awkward, wholly ingenuous high schoolers he's played in Arrested Development, Superbad, Juno, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Youth in Revolt.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

Youngsters show that technology can play an important role in the development and improvement of cities, identifying needs, and proposing creative and innovative solutions of high value.

Professor Viviane Robinson's seminal review identified five key leadership activities that are most likely to improve outcomes in schools; leading teacher learning and development was, by some way, the highest impact leadership focus.

This course focuses on 6 Areas of Development we have identified on having a high impact on student learning and teacher professional learning when integrated with intentional technology.

These leadership development systems identify highly capable educators and develop them to lead high - performance school organizations centered on teacher professionalism and collaboration, which in turn drives the state, provincial or national agenda for school improvement.

Advocates of gifted education believe that identifying high potential and performance is necessary if awareness of and planning for talent development is to occur (Coleman & Gallagher, 1995).

Establish and maintain high performing relationships with members of Learning Development and Inclusion, Regional teams and senior business leaders to ensure learning solutions meet identified needs

To identify areas of high quality teaching (leading to the sharing of good practice) or the identification of areas of teaching that requires further development.

These states are setting ambitious goals and identifying concrete strategies — such as the development of grow - your - own programs, which provide high school students with site - based teaching experiences and paraprofessionals with routes into the profession — to diversify their teacher workforce.

Achieving those results, however, will require the support of higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state level.

By identifying individuals who can amplify underrepresented voices, and providing them with high - level leadership development and networking opportunities, this fellowship encourages and supports those who will become senior leaders in the field and helps strengthen the educational equity and excellence movement by engaging more diverse perspectives.

But this does not mean that value - added measures can not be useful for educators and leaders to improve instruction through other means, such as identifying practices that lead to higher academic achievement or targeting professional development toward teachers who need it most.

Helps educators and Health & Human Service professionals develop, identify, and connect with high - quality professional development that builds content knowledge, refines professional practice, and improves student learning.

The goal of this partnership is to help states identify and explore a set of readiness conditions that are critical to the development of a high quality application and implementation process under this new authority.

Reform committee identifies Great Expectations as common denominator of high - performing schools Nondescript PD As an elementary school teacher in the Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKC), Pat Watson - Hunt received her share of school - sanctioned professional development training.

It is also a useful time to identify particularly promising teachers for development and focus on high - needs areas.

In this new school, I plan on working with the school improvement leadership team in designing staff development programs that will equip the instructional staff with the skills necessary to promote collaboration in identifying grade level focus on highest student achievement, as identified by the student performance data.

The Social Studies collaborative focuses on identifying, developing, and sharing high - quality educational resources that support student and professional learning through rigorous standards, engaging curriculum, balanced assessments, effective professional development and attention to equity.

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/test.myths.reality.htm Big Ideas in Beginning Reading Types of Reading Assessments An effective, comprehensive reading program includes reading assessments for four purposes: • Screening - Designed as a first step in identifying children who may be at high risk for delayed development or academic failure and in need of further diagnosis of their need for special services or additional reading instruction.

«Rhode Island's proposed early learning data system will be linked to both the state's K - 12 data system and to the state's universal newborn screening [genetic] and health data system, helping to identify children with high needs, track participation in programs, and track children's development and learning.»

builds on what teachers learn in The High Performance Learning - Focused Lesson professional development and the Increasing the Rigor of Learning - Focused Lessons: Higher Order Thinking, Reading and Writing professional development by providing teachers with a process for identifying points in each lesson where students struggle or need more challenge, and strategies and practices for differentiating and personalizing each struggle and challenge point to ensure all students are successful.

It stated that «it is vital that serving teachers have access to on - going, high - quality opportunities to update and refresh their skills and knowledge» and that «evidence - driven, career - long learning is the hallmark of top professions»; also identifying that «teachers report that far too much professional development is currently of poor quality and has little or no impact on improving the quality of their teaching» (Department for Education, 2014: 10).

Establish mechanisms for providing high - quality and consistent support — including facilitation and professional development — to all districts in the state in developing a limited number of focused goals directly related to district - identified needs in the area of instruction and student learning?

Essential Job Functions - eLearning • Produce dynamic, technology - enabled learning in eLearning, mobile and virtual delivery formats • Act in coordination with L&D consultants, business leaders and other managers and staff to identify eLearning needs, then match them with innovative self - paced and blended learning design solutions • Curate the best eLearning content to match requirements set by L&D learning consultants • Consult with members of the L&D Team and business leaders to deliver high - quality eLearning experiences that are instructionally sound, creative, visual and engaging through consultative design • Create and maintain tools for helping L&D team and business leaders to implement e-learning design projects in a consistent way • Stay up - to - date on eLearning techniques, gaming technology and e-learning technology in order to curate and develop innovative «PlayStation quality» learning experiences for employees • Effectively outsource eLearning development, when needed, or use multiple development tools to design, create and deliver in - house developed, self - paced (or blended) eLearning content (using tools like Articulate, Storyline, Captivate, Brainshark, etc.) • Ensure learning content adheres to specifications for mobile, virtual and desktop learning as well as brand guidelines and industry best practices, where appropriate • Work with learning consultants, instructional designers and business leaders where appropriate to create user instructions, FAQs, and other documentation that support effective use of the LMS.