Sentences with phrase «improvement over the first year»

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When the first week and the month of January both have positive returns, then the signal is predictive 93.5 % of the time for a positive year: a slight improvement over 92.5 %.

«We showed a significant improvement in profitability over the first quarter of 2017, thanks to organic Shutterfly brand growth of 10 % and the benefits of last year's platform consolidation.»

One estimate shows that in the first year of reforms, «nearly 6 to 7 million people went below the «poverty line» in contrast to an annual improvement of nearly 10 to 15 million moving above the poverty line over the last decade.»

On the basis of an examination of the relevant figures, one estimate shows that in the first year of reforms, «nearly 6 to 7 million people went below the «poverty line» in contrast to an annual improvement of nearly 10 to 15 million moving above the poverty line over the last decade.»

I tried the salting thing with my first batch this year and there was a world of improvement over the fritters I made a couple of years ago.

Not many care about that, but CBS coverage in their first round back on Saturday was a huge improvement over the production that's drawn the ire of golf fans on Twitter in recent years.

Graham won the first heat by 100 yards, riding with a dislocated thumb, an improvement over last year, when he raced with a steel rod in his femur, although there had been six more broken bones in between.

Per 247, his first full recruiting class ranked fourth in the MAC, a solid improvement over the Lembo years.

The more recent years have seen increased investment in the team, with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech coming in, while three FA Cup triumphs and a top two finish in the League for the first time in over a decade, has constituted into small steps of improvement again.

As the Park District continues its due diligence, commissioners recently received a report from consultant SmithGroupJJR that outlined $ 11.7 million in necessary repairs and improvements over the next 15 years, including $ 2.1 million over the first five years.

EJ McMahon calls Cuomo's Teir VI a «big improvement» over his first attempt last year, which was more of a Tier V - A.

The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent value for money.

However, registration of cardiac arrests was prospective and uniform, following the standardized Utstein style for reporting out - of - hospital cardiac arrest and revised for data quality assurance by the RACE - CARS team.18 Our results support efforts of other communities seeking to improve bystander and first - responder intervention, since they come from a quality - improvement database of a substantial portion of the state of North Carolina, with stable reporting over a 4 - year period during a broad implementation program that used a standardized protocol, as recommended by the American Heart Association.13, 20,40

With the recent announcement that a first - line immunotherapy trial for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is positive for survival improvement, I can see the standard of care for lung cancer patients radically changing over the next few years.

The first vegan society was founded just over 70 years ago, and improvements in adopting a WFPB diet should be anticipated as we learn more about the benefits.

Although there is often a significant improvement in BMD over the first year of treatment with a GFD, up to 21 % of patients will have persistent osteoporosis.

When Tamie first treated me for panic attacks, insomnia, and job stress - related pain relief over the past year, I experienced an almost immediate and dramatic improvement in quality of sleep and less pain in my back and shoulders.

As I said, the film doesn't look to be a TOTAL flop (it's certainly an improvement over the first impressions I got from Legion), but then again it's not exactly a film I can say was worth a year's delay.

This is not a perfect outing but dang is it a big improvement over last year's outing and if your looking at this as a potential option I would say rent it first and make sure the style fits your needs as the game has plenty of content to take you outside of a rental period.

While Ouija: Origin of Evil isn't going to win any year - end Awards, the sequel is a massive improvement over the first film and I thought it was really well done.

While these numbers represent an improvement from twenty years ago, they have actually remained almost completely static over the past decade, suggesting that the post-Cold War march to democratization tapered off in the first years of the new millennium.

With a new Republican Governor and control of the House for the first time in 118 years, G.O.P. lawmakers approved a budget bill that slashes over $ 32 million by gutting 22 education - improvement programs, including several signature programs from the Democratic administration of Mr. Riley.

It was unclear Friday how greatly the new standards — which Clayton Burch, chief academic officer for the state education department, called a «complete overhaul» and improvement over the current standards — differ from West Virginia's current standards, which were first implemented statewide last school year after a roughly four - year phase - in process.

In the second year of implementation — the 2013 - 2014 academic year — gains among TTO students were almost 47 % above national norms (effect size = 0.35 SD), a sizable improvement over the first implementation year.»

An HCMS approach brings together all of the elements of PICCS that have emerged over the first five years in order to achieve the original goal of PICCS: establishing performance - based compensation systems that could drive continuous school improvement at participating schools.

During the first four years following the passage of Prop. 227, the academic performance of over a million immigrant schoolchildren taught in English roughly doubled, while those school districts that stubbornly retained their bilingual education programs showed no improvement whatsoever.

The first four years at Gateway, whose staff deeply believe that size matters, marked a significant improvement over what had come before and in some ways embodied the highest hopes of small - school advocates.

Several research studies confirm that on average novice teachers show remarkable improvement in effectiveness over the first five years of their careers.

Overall, this is an improvement over the last several years, but we shouldn't be in this situation with a gap in funding in the first place, and that continues to be a concern.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: Examining College Readiness A study by the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) published in May 2014 used student data from the University of Oregon to determine that students who participated in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program in high school were more likely than those who did not to earn post-secondary degrees, persist over two years and earn higher GPAs in their first two years of college.

of torque (10 percent increase), with better fuel economy and increased refinement 6,000 - mile maintenance schedule for all gasoline engines Improved steering linkage for 4x4 models Trailer Sway Control added to available Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM) system available 2007 MODEL YEAR YES ® Essentials Stain resistant, odor resistant, anti-static seat fabric incorporated into vehicles with cloth seats Power accessory delay E85 compatible 4.7 - liter V - 8 engine (Flexible Fuel Vehicle — FFV) Optional Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Optional remote start One - touch, three - blink lane change feature 2006 MODEL YEAR Multi-displacement System (MDS) on 5.7 - liter engine is a fully functioning cylinder deactivation system on a pickup truck (first for segment) and enables fuel economy improvements of up to 20 percent Variable Line Pressure (VLP) feature on four - speed automatic transmission (mated with 3.7 - liter V - 6 engine) results in improved fuel economy and smoother shifts Front - axle disconnect system (standard on 4x4 models) minimizes energy consumption and improves fuel economy NV244 full - time electric transfer case standard on all 4x4 models delivers 45/55 front / rear torque split when four - wheel drive is activated Optional all - wheel - drive electronic transfer case «Tow / haul» feature provides crisper shifts and reduces gear searching when towing Re-engineered hydroformed, fully boxed frame with increased torsional rigidity and bending stiffness for enhanced ride and handling capability and reduced transfer of noise Reduced drag brake calipers contributing to enhanced aerodynamics Coil - over shock, double wishbone front suspension on 4x4 models Specifically tuned monotube shock absorbers Re-tuned springs, jounce bumpers and suspension bushings for enhanced driving dynamics Re-engineered body mount design results in quieter cabin experience and more comfortable ride Re-engineered engine and transmission mounts for enhanced ride and handling characteristics

Even better is the fact that it takes a mere four hours top up the Nissan Leaf's battery, which is an improvement over the vehicle's first few years of service.

That is a huge improvement over the 10 years it took for the first of those first drafts.

Continue scrolling for my take, from my first look at the original Kindle, to the improvements that have been made over the years, right up to the new 2013 models and styles.

Recent U.S. economic data — including the ISM non-manufacturing survey and the July non-farm payroll report — have provided more evidence that the economy in the second half of the year should show an improvement over what we saw in the first half.

We purchased our first flat screen about 5 years ago and my wife and I were truly impressed with the picture; a significant improvement over the analog TVs that we grew up with.

Over the years since the practice was first established, there have been many improvements made to the original building, including the addition of state of the art, bench top laboratory equipment.

This is not a perfect outing but dang is it a big improvement over last year's outing and if your looking at this as a potential option I would say rent it first and make sure the style fits your needs as the game has plenty of content to take you outside of a rental period.

The ThinPrep was hailed by the FDA as the first significant improvement over the Pap smear in 50 years.

Last November, the team behind HiFi proposed spending $ 25 million a year over 10 years, with the goal of delivering the first improvements to intensity forecasts within five years.

In 2009, a historic agreement between the Federal Government, state regulators, and the auto industry established a national program to implement these first meaningful fuel efficiency improvements in over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehicles.

To help with this undertaking, I've turned to the colleague who first introduced me to this outsourcing model — Jim Eckler, President of Eckler Associates and a leading expert in outsourcing with over 35 years of experience in the supply chain management field, specifically in business strategy development, operations productivity improvement, and logistics information technology strategy.

Driver Training Associates, Inc. developed the nation's first attitude - based driver improvement program and has been an industry leader in the field of traffic safety for over 30 years.

EE launched Robin, the world's first 4G tablet designed specifically for kids just over a year ago and today, the company has announced a second - generation version with several improvements.

First, children receiving MF - PEP will show greater improvement in mood symptoms over 1 year compared with children in a wait - list control (WLC) condition.

A cross-lagged panel analysis showed that a reduction in maternal depression during the first year of the study was a significant predictor of maintenance or improvements over the next 18 months.

«First - timers» ability to enter the market more convincingly over the next year greatly depends on supply improvements at the lower end of the market and if wages can finally awaken from their sluggish pace of growth,» says Yun.

Her business planning and organizational strategies helped build her first client's business from selling 55 houses one year to over 400 the next — an improvement of over 600 %!

Although that is an improvement over the $ 10.5 billion in sales recorded during the same period a year earlier, it is still just a fraction of the frothy $ 48.1 billion that occurred during the first quarter of 2008, according to New York - based Real Capital Analytics.