Sentences with phrase «major test new»

The labour dispute is the first major test new CEO Ed Sims will face as head of the company.

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Here we've compiled a list of seven fascinating individuals whose careers will be worth watching in 2014 — some are new at their job, while others have major tasks on the horizon that will test them in significant ways.

Yeo says it's normal for companies when they launch a new medical product to publish their results and allow experts to analyze their tests, especially as they become major players in the field.

Some licensors see licensing as an opportunity to «test» the viability of a new category without making a major investment in new manufacturing processes, machinery or facilities.

Under Muhlhauser — who joined the company in 2005 and became CEO the following year — Celestica is focused less on such «commoditized» products and instead establishing itself in new, higher - margin fields where major players currently do the majority of design, testing, manufacturing and quality control themselves.

Uber announced a new pilot program in four major cities, aiming to test stricter waiting time and cancelation charges.

Ideally, we would now like to see the small - cap index hold the breakout and close the gap with the other major indices before pulling back to test its new - found support.

Coming with the next major update

Microsoft is testing a new update to Windows 10 this week, which will include a new screenshot experience for the upcoming major update.

Major packaging companies looking to expand into new service areas are finding growth opportunities in packaging design, materials testing and contract packing, according to Smithers Pira.

Vandoorne and McLaren test driver Oliver Turvey will try a load of new Honda concepts, ahead of a major upgrade package expected in a few races time (between Spain and Canada).

Baring major complications with his medical test, it's pretty much save to know that Semedo is set to be El Barca's new arrival this summer.

One major concern for deploying learning weapons systems is that they can not be adequately tested, verified or validated because they are constantly changing, developing new capacities, and are not static traditional systems.

In a major embarrassment, the Prime Minister has ditched plans to means test the winter fuel allowance, introduce a new generation of grammar schools and end the triple lock on pensions.

An overhaul of federal education law moving through Congress — the biggest legislative change in 14 years — holds the prospect of a major shift in New York's contentious debate over the linkage of student test scores to teachers» job evaluations.

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

Cuomo's address — far shorter than his father's in order to fit into a jam - packed program, and delivered to a distracted room that at times forced him to bellow — offered a reprise of a concept that the governor had been field - testing all week: that New York, the home state of both 2016 major - party candidates, was the laboratory and proving ground of progressive ideas.

Despite Tuesday's implicit message that teachers are doing OK, the state's major teachers union, New York State United Teachers, repeated its call for a moratorium and reiterated its criticism that the Regents are overly focused on test scores for both students and teachers.

Amid complaints of disruption and angst in the classrooms, the state's major teachers union launched a petition drive asking parents to protest the use of a new set of standardized tests.

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

«We are proud of our industry leading capabilities such as our unparalleled State investments, cutting - edge research in both UAS technology and UAS policy, and our proven New York test site team all of which are the basis of our comprehensive UAS integration pilot - program proposal,» Major General Marke F. (Hoot) Gibson (ret), CEO of the NUAIR Alliance, contended in the release.

The advice represents a major shift from earlier in the year, when Governor Cuomo forcefully pushed new performance reviews for teachers beginning this school year, that would depend more heavily on standardized test results.

They earlier said they planned to put in more activist Regents members amid calls by the public and New York State United Teachers, the major teachers union, to delay the process and place less emphasis on testing.

The new study provides a simple and reliable approach to testing twilight vision, and shows that the light level itself is the major factor explaining the decrease in visual acuity.

«The big bang framework and Einstein's general relativity,» he adds, «have passed a major new test.»

A major focus of my research is on developing new technologies, based on hypothesis - driven, targeted mass spectrometry, for relieving this bottleneck to testing potential new blood - based diagnostics for detection of cancer.

While the new technique requires further testing, LSS could represent a major advance against pancreatic cancer.

After the Wenchuan quake, researchers immediately began calculating stress changes on the major faults surrounding the rupture zone, in part to identify where dangerous aftershocks might occur and to test how well these stress change calculations might work to predict new earthquakes.

A new study suggest major cancer genes play a bigger role than thought in childhood cancer, potentially influencing surveillance, genetic testing, and treatment.

Plait updates his blog daily, often including new images from major observatories or cool gizmos that NASA is testing (methane - fueled rocket engines, anyone?).

Patients with chest pain have similar rates of heart attacks and other major cardiac events within two years whether they were evaluated with a new type of CT scan or the traditional stress test, according to results presented today by Duke Medicine researchers at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology.

Although Acela did reach 168 miles per hour in a test run, its operating speed is largely limited by the existing tracks, despite a major overhaul between New Haven and Boston that included complete electrification and the replacement of many bridges.

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have documented the accuracy of three new tests for more rapidly diagnosing drug - resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB), which are much harder and more expensive to treat and which, experts say, represent a major threat to global public health.

A new breast cancer clinical trial is testing the idea a major reason why breast cancer returns after treatment and spreads to other parts of the body is because current chemotherapy and radiation treatments do not kill the cancer stem cells.

To build upon the encouraging early discoveries, Helmsley renewed and expanded its Crohn's funding for the Institute in 2013 to begin new work with three major aims: 1) continue studies of individual genes to determine how genetic differences between Crohn's patients and healthy individuals contribute to the disease; 2) evaluate promising small molecules in disease - relevant studies and prioritize insights from genetics to help develop novel therapeutics; and 3) begin basic experimentation in animal models with Crohn's disease to provide the data necessary to begin testing new therapies in humans.

Test each mutant mouse line (4,000 mouse lines in the first 5 years, and ultimately up to 20,000) through a broad based primary phenotyping pipeline in all the major adult organ systems and most areas of major human diseases.Through this activity and employing data annotation tools, systematically aim to discover and ascribe biological function to each gene, driving new ideas and underpinning future research into biological systems.

The opportunity to collaborate and bridge across disciplines from neurosciences to engineering to optical imaging technologies, and bring that right into the clinic where we can engage with patients with glaucoma, test new therapeutic compounds, test these new diagnostics — this is a major opportunity to accelerate what we're doing.

Verdant Power, Inc. completed the next phase of a series of component tests in support of its major tidal energy turbine project in New York City's East River.

Cyrex Labs has now developed a new test that will screen for one of the major issues associated with gluten, autoimmunity.

I had a chance to meet with folks from Samsung and the World Surf League, test out some Samsung gear, hear about the super cool new things they have in development and get a behind - the - scenes look at how they put on a major surf contest (I may have geeked out a little).

Our strategy ensures that we test one new channel every two months, our next major focus is expanding on press and introducing a membership referral network in the place of a traditional affiliate programme.

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The improved scores were impressive enough to lead several states and other major school districts, including New York, to adopt elements of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy — making student progress toward the next grade dependent on demonstrated achievement on standardized tests.

«One major new study shows that 54 of 64 school variables — attendance, grades, discipline, test scores, and so on — are better with a year - round calendar than with traditional calendars.

Steiner — an academic with Oxford and Harvard degrees who also had pioneered new teacher training programs as head of Hunter College's School of Education — had «charged out of the gate galloping,» observes Meyer, instituting greatly tougher benchmarks for the state's 3 - 8 tests and initiating a major effort to write a statewide curriculum.

In January, we at Fordham will announce the results of a major study of PARCC, Smarter Balanced, ACT Aspire, and MCAS, which will provide more evidence as to whether the new tests are an improvement as promised.

Though the decision received wide coverage (per above) and throws New York school districts a curve (they are supposed to have an evaluation policy in place by September 1), it's not clear that the decision will have any major implications for other states that are considering linking teacher evaluations to test scores (except as inducement to make sure their regulations correspond to their laws).

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

NYSUT's board also withdrew its support for the Common Core standards as implemented and interpreted in New York state until SED makes major course corrections to its failed implementation plan and supports a three - year moratorium on high - stakes consequences from standardized testing.

Last spring more than 3 million students in California, the largest number ever to take an online test in the state, took field tests of new assessments aligned to the Common Core state standards without major technical breakdowns or system crashes, according to state officials.

Less than half of Maryland elementary and middle school students passed the state's tough new standardized tests, a result school officials attribute to a major revision of teaching and testing standards.