Sentences with phrase «increasing use of screens»

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Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

With the increasing amounts of screen time, and use of video game systems, smartphones and tablets, childhood obesity is on the rise.

Learn about California's collaborative effort to increase the use of standardized developmental screening tools and referral into early intervention services for all young children.

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

Additionally, it encouraged the stakeholders to facilitate increased awareness and education about perinatal depression and to explore and encourage the use of prenatal screening tools in order to improve the availability of effective treatment and community support services.

The increased survival rates are being attributed to early detection, greater use of specialist surgery, and advances in treatment and screening.

In a letter to Goodell, Senator Klein pointed to the increasing problem of players using K2, because most drug screens fail to test for the chemical compounds.

On the other hand, raising reimbursement for the screening tests themselves may be a less effective policy tool for increasing use of recommended screenings.

Although colorectal cancer screening increased rapidly since the 2000's (from 38.6 % in 2000 to 54.5 % in 2008, primarily through increased use of colonoscopy), screening prevalence has stabilized in recent years and still lags behind that for breast and cervical cancers.

The most widely used screening test for prostate cancer is currently the PSA test, which measures the blood's level of PSA — a protein that is naturally produced by the prostate gland and is typically increased when cancer is present.

As public health officials worry that the increase of opioid use among young adults has helped to spread the hepatitis C virus to a new generation, a study in Rhode Island finds that while screening is common, the follow - up measures needed to stop the spread of the virus are significantly less so.

The easily implemented modifications can also potentially increase the lifetime of OLEDs currently used in smartphone displays and large - screen televisions.

Where budgets are limited, they suggest money should be allocated first to increasing male circumcision, then to more frequent HIV screening, use of vaginal microbicides and increasing antiretroviral therapy.

«Screening patients for visceral and total fat in their early stages of pregnancy could eventually be used to help doctors and health practitioners identify those at increased risk of gestational diabetes,» said De Souza.

Increasing antiretroviral therapy use and HIV screening frequency in addition could avert more than 2 million HIV infections over 10 years, or 60 percent of the projected total.

To increase screening success, Zhou chose a probe that specifically binds to the Pin1 enzyme active site very tightly, an approach that is not commonly used for this kind of screen.

We have demonstrated the use of TFUMseq for high ‐ throughput in vivo screening of genetic fragments from an entire donor genome from a commensal microbe to increase the fitness of a phylogenetically distant bacterial species in the mammalian gut.

Using spare computing power of citizen scientists» screen savers allows many runs of the models and increases the confidence in the results that UCS scientists and collaborators will analyze.

Dr. Pfaff has developed a novel embryonic - stem cell - based model of SMA that phenocopies the pathology of human SMA, and can be used to study the basis of the disease and screen for compounds that might increase survival of motor neurons.

Given the difficulty in determining who has a history of injection drug use and the fact that hepatitis C virus is increasing, Chappell said she favors universal screening of all expectant mothers.

Brawley agreed that the increased use of active surveillance has made prostate cancer screening much less potentially harmful.

With the ever - increasing use of visual displays in our daily lives — from the computer screens in our offices and homes to televisions, tablets, and smartphones — we subject our eyes to more taxing visual stimulus than ever before.

«We found by using the words «Continue as [first name]» on the Login opening screen we increased new logins by millions per month,» Deb Liu, VP of Platform said.

It's hard to say whether the increased use of green - screen was a creative decision on Jackson's part or a studio mandate to keep down the already huge budget and make up for lost time.

Though the popularity of cult films used to spread through midnight screenings in cities and often - borrowed VHS or DVD copies, the internet and digital streaming has increased the admiration of certain cult films exponentially.

Other features of the New Nintendo 3DS is built - in NFC technology (used by amiibo), increased screen size, improved 3D viewing angles, upgraded CPU, and much more.

, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.

Children discover and experience their worlds through discussion, visual representations in books, on screens, though the provision of IT equipment and increasing use of the internet.

Two new systems have been installed: a Salto wireless electronic locking system that requires a keycard ID pass that automatically synchronises with the locks to allow or restrict access; and EntrySign, an easy - to - use touch - screen interface with the ability to pre-register guests, and significantly increase the accuracy of knowing who is on site at any given time.

Establish procedures to process and place eligible students: develop screening programs in areas of academics and behavior; use data to determine eligibility for special education services; and provide research - based instruction and interventions of increasing intensity of supports to benefit all students

An increasing number of charter schools are using «blended learning» models, where students go to school but spend lots of time in front of keyboards and screens.

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.

A good comparison would be between a brand new Vizplex screen and the Sony PRS - 350, since the Kindle uses Amazon's proprietary «waveform and font technology» that seems to account for just as much of the contrast increase as the actual screen itself.

I have used a kindle before but had to trash it coz the screen got spoilt, another issue was the space... if you have lots of old PDF «s, as well as an ever increasing library of ebooks then you would want the storage space.

Won't a small ereader, like a six - inch, likely have a smaller battery than its larger cousins, and won't the smaller screen - size and use of larger fonts increase the number of necessary page - turns and therefore drain the battery quicker than on a larger device?

RGB LED Backlights: Using separate red, green and blue Backlight LEDs instead of just white LEDs will allow more accurate calibration, allow the image color saturation to be increased under high ambient lighting, and also accommodate people that like extra vibrant rather than accurate colors on - screen.

The YouTube app's perhaps a bit snazzy for its own good, but the multi-pane email app and much - improved browser make excellent use of the tablet's increased screen real estate.

Most Android 2.x devices that aren't stretching the OS's functionality limits don't use screens bigger than four inches or so, but the increased screen resolution and size of Honeycomb devices increases scope for packing more info in.

We've been playing with Jelly Bean on both the Nexus 7 and the Galaxy Nexus where there are a few minor differences, with Android accommodating increased screen sizes better than before, with some core apps making better use of space.

By using this function, it acts as a reader view versus page view, documents are not only easier to read as you can basically increase the size of the font or zoom in and still have it fit the screen.

The use of swype and increase in average screen size is making phones with physical keyboards less relevant.

Otherwise, the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight has the same: 6 - inch Pearl e-ink touch - screen, Wi - Fi, social networks sharing features with other Nook users, a rechargeable battery using the Micro-USB port and a micro SD slot to increase the standard 2 GB of memory upto 32 GB.

Intuitive controls using Infrared Touch Screen technology, to allow swipes to turn pages, highlighting of phrases, tap words to lookup words in the builtin dictionary, gesture zoom of images, and increase font sizes.

The 11.6 - inch display with 190 dpi resolution has good brightness, but TPCR noted due to the increased size of the display, it can be difficult to type on the on - screen keyboard just using the thumbs.

We have developed a sophisticated screening process that we use to identify public companies that we believe (i) are undervalued, (ii) are not adequately serving the interests of their stockholders and (iii) require a new board of directors, so that, with the encouragement of stockholders such as you, we can begin implementing reforms ourselves with the goal of increasing stockholder value.

He also says to always shoot in raw mode, use lightroom for editing and in edit mode do a print screen of the photo so the image you use on your website looks great but it too low quality for anyone to use or be able if they want to to increase the size.

For instance your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimap • Deploy parachute now displays the tooltip to deploy parachute when free falling • Fixed some artifacts when using flashlights • Fixed several Xbox 360 specific crashes and freezes • Fixed a problem where a user sometimes could not go into iron sights • Improved shadow rendering • Fixed several issues with friend invites and joins • Vehicle boosts is now a toggle instead of momentary • Fixed several issues with the Hardcore mode • Fixed a few layout problems where the in - game controls and tooltips didn't match those in the options menu • Removed the possibility to pick up weapons in a EOD bot • Fixed several interpolation issues • Fixed a problem where claymore is flashing in the wrong team color • Subway minimap updated to give better clarity • Fixed an issue where the UI would not show the way to your new unlocks • Increased quality of loading screen images • Tweaked MP rank up parameters • Fixed a problem with Metro Squad rush minimap where it looked like you were out of bounds • Fixed a problem where a user can become invulnerable after being resurrected • Fixed a problem where tank turrets would turn too slow • Fixed a bug on Exfiltration where you could end up outside the vehicle and not being able to enter it again, thus blocking the mission • Fixed a problem with the M60 reload sound • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

-- New World Thugs data recorder has been fixed to always work regardless of your level — Old Friends, Old Swords: Added failsafe to fix situations where the mission does not advance — Project Aegis, Part 1: Set the turrets to disable 15 seconds after combat has been complete — Project Aegis, Part 1: Fixed the issue where some enemies were spawning without using a spawn vehicle — Increased the times and locations of the emergency necessary to fulfill the «Svushinnira: Just Business» contract — Lowered the minimum level required to gain access to Contracts from 250 to 175 — Removed one of the runners from the Mount Tam crash site to improve driving paths — Vehicle stats will no longer show up as zero in the vendor buy screen — Weapons that require an EGO Rating of less than 250 have been added to Faction vendors — Lowered the minimum level requirement for the Soleptor Excavation co-op map to 100 — Lowered the minimum level requirement for the Island of Lost Soldiers to 150 — Lowered the minimum level requirement for the Scrapworks Salvage to 225

The hunting horn for example generates musical notes on the lower screen depending on which attacks you are using, and depending on the combo that is displayed at the time pressing R will create some sort of stat buff, like a increase to your attack or movement speed.

The Solitaire portion is pure classic card playing fun but with the bonus of giving you — the \» jockey \», the time to bond with your horse and make its speed increase while the Control portion is the real racing action game where you use the stylus on the bottom screen to giddy up your horse on the top screen.