Sentences with phrase «lack of improvement on»

Concluding, the lack of improvement on the standardized questionnaire of mindful awareness could reflect the weaknesses of measuring mindfulness in this way.

you know it's a fine off season when for most the biggest head scratcher is lack of improvement on back up catcher, where we also have 2 decent options in AAA.

Not exact matches

If you've been frustrated by the lack of actionable reporting data that's available for Facebook ads, the social - media company says improvements are on the way.

«The discussion on the referendum so far has been defined by a lack of clarity and a lot of confusion,» continued Elizabeth Model, CEO of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association.

That's what I've been saying all season.With no natural wingers we must rely on the two full backs to give us the width.Monreal consistently hits the line and he has nowhere near the pace of Bellerin.His ability to go down the line has either been coached out of him or he just doesn't have the natural instinct anymore.And his crossing has never improved.Any decent offer in the summer and just get rid of him.His lack of improvement and progress is alarming and is down to Wenger and nobody else.

While some pundits cautioned against handing the German the plaudits for Liverpool's early improvements under his management, claiming it was impossible for him to responsible for any progress given the lack of contact time on the training field with his new squad, or that the Reds were merely benefiting from the usual bounce that can come with a change in the dugout, for those who had watched his Borussia Dortmund side, his influence on the pitch was as undeniable as it was extraordinary.

Amnesty has been pressing the UK government for months on their strategy, or lack of it, to achieve tangible improvements in the current human rights crackdown going on in Sri Lanka which has seen journalists silenced, the independence of the judiciary compromised and activists and campaigners intimidated.

The civil engineers suggest a list of highway improvements that could reduce that number, but a lack of funding causes the state to focus on the more immediate safety issues.

Many individuals and groups propose improvements in voting access such as early voting period, same day registration, and even Election Day held on weekend as remedies for the lack of voting participation.

Last time, I talked about my fear of screwing up my life and how the lack of feedback from my advisor about progress, achievement, areas for improvement, and so on feeds into this fear.

While these experiments have not been used in the real world, these potential labeling improvements may hold value based on the lack of nutritional knowledge in the current study.

They soon found, explains THESIS chairperson Christopher Mues, who is also a PhD student in mathematics, that with the lack of a comprehensive, up - to - date national survey on the country's PhD students, «it was difficult to propose improvements when we didn't have real data on the current situation.»

While we lack good scientific studies on cold pressed juices, many of us can attest to seeing improvements in our clinics.

(first in the form on raw vegan «fruitarian» protein and then even more so when i stopped being fruitarian and came back to a vegan whole foods diet with lots of beans and legumes plus some soy and some plant protein powder...) The improvement was something that I did feel physically (though i had not felt the lack) but there was also an immediate improvement in the feedback from my teachers...

Though probiotics may have an improvement on digestion, there's still a lack of evidence on its effects on weight loss.

Also wanted to touch base and let you know I'm working on getting a better camera for my videos, I know they lack visual quality and that's a bit of a turn off, so hopefully you'll stick around to check out my improvements soon:) These are all the goodies used on this look!

Personally, I noted the lack of player influence in several places and an overreliance on quick - time - event sequences as possible areas of improvement for Telltale Games to consider for the second season, which was announced some time ago in July 2012.

Effective professional development is often seen as vital to school success and teacher satisfaction, but it has also been criticized for its cost, often vaguely determined goals, and for the lack of data on resulting teacher and school improvement that characterizes many efforts.

When corporate learners do not pay attention in the classroom / eLearning, it clearly reflects on the assessments and overall lack of improvement in the learner performance.

Individualized, specific information about performance is especially scarce in the teaching profession, suggesting that a lack of information on how to improve could be a substantial barrier to individual improvement among teachers.

The Obama administration spent over $ 3 million on School Improvement Grants to states to help them turn around their lowest - performing schools, but a new report from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education finds that most states lacked the capacity to improve those schools.

This crucial aspect of the study's results was mentioned in some media reports, but others overlooked it and focused on the lack of improvements in scores.

A key area for improvement is where teachers lack the understanding of digital industries and the shortage of up - to - date information on how school leavers can get digital jobs (Swift).

Blaming a lack of improvement in the worst - performing areas of the country on a «lack of political will», Sir Michael will say there is «urgent need» for a London challenge - style approach by MPs, council bosses and headteachers «to raise secondary school standards in towns across the north and midlands».

There appears to be widespread agreement on the state board's philosophy for school improvement but also criticism of the details — or the lack of them.

Schools with abrupt leadership disruptions on average experience «significant negative effects» on student achievement.67 Furthermore, such schools «are often reported to suffer from lack of shared purpose, cynicism among staff about principal commitment, and an inability to maintain a school - improvement focus long enough to actually accomplish any meaningful change,» according to the Minnesota - Toronto report.68

Resistance may be based on district - community tensions, failed past school improvement efforts, or a lack of understanding about what is possible in schools.

Traditional leadership preparation programs often lack the critical element that our partner the USC Rossier School of Education provides: anchoring an understanding of organizational improvement in the research on learning, motivation and organizational behavior.

Using data from California schools that received SIG funds, this study found significant improvements in the test scores of schools on the «lowest - achieving» margin but not among schools on the «lack of progress» margin.

We are implementing a true school improvement process that will be the model for future years, but what we see developing is lack of necessary info (other than test scores) on our previous 4 years.

Yet what looks on the surface like a lack of major improvement is at least evidence of attendance stabilization — a notable accomplishment, given the fact that many districts are reporting declining enrollment.

Ellsworth (1989) also criticized the literature on critical pedagogy because of its lack of usefulness in assisting educators to think through and plan improvements in actual classroom practice.

Instead, principals often struggle with a lack of coordinated professional development, not enough time to work with teachers on instructional improvement, and a missing consensus on what the day - to - day work of a principal focused on teaching practice should look like.

Looking on the bright side, there's nothing this year's Pirates team lacks that mightn't be remedied by improvement in the areas of pitching, hitting, and fielding.

It's still not great, lacking any real character that encourages you to exploit its peak performance parameters, but it is an improvement on the early S engine in terms of depth of sound and muscular tone.

It showed a lack of character on my part when I was unwilling to go through the improvements needed to gain the interest of serious literary market.

Some of those point at hardware issues that aren't addressable, such as the on / off switch placement making it easy to accidentally power down the tablet, and the lack of external volume controls, however it is expected that there will be many improvements to the general running and usability.

The lack of a glass screen is fantastic for glare - free reading though and an immediate improvement over using the Kindle app on your phone or tablet.

This lack of buyers isn't that irrational, irrespective of price... to explain: I might buy AVGR again, but I'd definitely need some real clarity / improvement with the Ukraine situation & ideally the company's own (corporate governance) situation, and I'd be happy to happy to pay up on the share price in those circumstances — obviously, that's not going to happen today... or by who knows when.

«Zoetis is honored to contribute to this highly - relevant, comprehensive and timely publication, one that focuses our attention on a very serious topic and opportunity — the lack of diversity within the veterinary profession and associated businesses, with a strong call to action for making improvements that create undeniable business advantages.»

They are less impressed, though, by the limited pool of battle maps, and the lack of any substantial improvements on the sieges front.

On the flip - side, just like its predecessor, Splatoon 2 lacks any kind of anti-aliasing or texture filtering - two key components in image quality where we really hoped to see some improvement over the original game.

cars still sound like boxes of wasps zipping about, its an improvement on the last gts though, the other issue is the lack of cars and offline action to keep me interested..

On the pitch, my bitter disappointment with the lack of improvement elsewhere melted away almost instantly.

Apart from the fundamental scientific advances of the breakthrough papers, there is an hierarchy of classes of lesser papers, along the lines of those which — • Confirm or deny the main thrust of a breakthrough paper by arriving from other angles • Provide an alternative or improvement to the main findings of breakthrough papers • Contribute more observation to the breakthrough paper and discuss its relevance • Seek to set a complementary base for a breakthrough in a related aspect of science • Report the views of a clutch of authors about a topic they deem to have political importance • Ditto for educational importance • Write papers that are knowingly lacking good science to place authors in one camp or another • Lambast an author or authors for being on the «wrong» side of a polarised topic • Perform meta analysis Etc..

Typical examples include: the expectation of high return on investment (short payback period); high capital costs and long project development times for some measures; lack of access to capital for energy efficiency improvements and feedstock / fuel change; fair market value for cogenerated electricity to the grid; and costs / lack of awareness of need for control of HFC leakage.

One major role of the media is, after all, to be the government watchdog and as such it's understandable to usually focus on lackings and suggested improvements.

Keith's strategies are premised on his understanding that the chair of the practice group truly wants to move forward on the improvement program, and in fact has a vision about ways in which the practice group can perform better, but lacks the managerial and social skills to envision the required steps, gain buy - in from his colleagues and create accountability so his colleagues actually achieve progress.

After reviewing the case - law, the judge concluded that: • The changes proposed by the unit owner did in fact constitute additions, alterations and improvements to the common elements; • The board's decision to treat the proposed changes as substantial due to security concerns did not demonstrate any lack of good faith on the part of the board and did not constitute a breach of section 135 of the Act; • While the board's concerns about safety were reasonable, the board was not being reasonable in requiring a full - time security guard.

It's still no match for a high - end camera — and more notably, it lacks a lot of the image tweaking options found on many handsets nowadays, but it's a great improvement over the original.