Sentences with phrase «modeling their efforts on»

The groups are modeling their efforts on the successful Democratic Party initiative of the 1990's, known as Rock the Vote, which resulted in the registration of hundreds of thousands of young people.

When Douglas MacMartin of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena approached the National Science Foundation for support on a modeling effort on [albedo modification], officials told him the work was too theoretical for the engineering division and too applied for the atmospheric science program.

Over time, though, Austin and his colleagues have learned to escape those walls in order to do their best work... A few years before Austin arrived as a twelfth grade teacher, a couple of tenth grade colleagues started to brainstorm and coordinate their curriculum, modeling their efforts on the «small learning communities concept.»

The UK must be doing something right because other countries are modelling their efforts on the UK's legally binding Climate Change Act, which the UK's three main political leaders recently promised to uphold.

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«The researchers say they factored those rates of transition in their multi-state model; further, the model can estimate the impact of some possible prevention efforts on the number of future cases.»

Ford announced it will no longer make traditional sedan models in an effort to save costs and focus on SUVs.

In terms of politics in particular I rarely have a strong position on a candidate,» said Kogan, adding that therefore he «didn't bother» to make the effort to find out who would ultimately be the beneficiary of his psychometric modeling.

«Shame on both of you for falsely accusing literally thousands of people and possibly scaring millions of investors in an effort to promote a business model,» O'Brien said, accusing the pair of dishonesty and Lewis of writing a 300 - page commercial for IEX.

With the current roll - out of semi-autonomous functions, which it says will pave the way for full autonomy on highways by 2020, Honda says it differs from rivals, whose self - driving efforts have centered on their luxury models.

A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement restricting her ability to speak, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies» efforts during the presidential campaign to bury stories about extramarital relationships.

Billed by many on Wall St. as a financially inviable acquisition and «bailout» of a company bleeding cash to survive, Tesla began shifting SolarCity's business model almost immediately following its acquisition — shifting previously focused efforts on door - to - door sales and long term leases to sales of products with the highest profit margin.

Earlier this year, Macy's introduced a new marketing model that relies less heavily on promotional deals in an effort to win over consumers.

This led to senior members of the organization to focus marketing and selling efforts more proportionately on buyer decision models as opposed to a strict buying process orientation.

Despite efforts from the likes of Shell, BP and Exxon to reassure investors their business models are compatible with a low - carbon economy, some 71 per cent of fund managers said they have not yet decided whether they think oil companies can make a successful transition to a low carbon economy, and 41 per cent do not have a strategy for engaging with oil companies on the issue.

In an effort to comply with the OJK's first regulation on fintech, UangTeman — Indonesia's first online lending service — had said they will change their business model into P2P.

U.S. motorcycle ridership has stalled in spite of Levatich's efforts to introduce models for first - time buyers and teach more Americans how to safely get around on bikes.

In an effort to integrate service solutions that meet the «on demand» customer, Starbucks will unveil two complementary delivery models including:

He has already indicated he'll lean closely on the Fed's robust roster of economists, in an effort to deformalize what some see as a rigid infrastructure model that kept economists and rank - and - file staffers at arm's length.

Instead, the company starts focusing all efforts on two new EVs: the Model S (A full - size luxury car) and the Model X (A full - size luxury crossover SUV).

While the impact investing industry devotes a tremendous amount of effort to quantifying «impact,» we believe in simplicity and focusing our energy on investing and building great companies whose impact is baked into their business model.

This business model works great because the scammers don't even have to spend any effort on the robot whatsoever and buy a generic auto - trader off the market; by the time their victims discover the robot is not what was promised, they have already made their money.

According to Duffy, the new model of sainthood fosters Pelagianism, «a wearisome emphasis on good deeds and moral effort, the saint as prig and puritan.»

In the name of stability of life and values, our children are presented with role models of adults who (at least on the surface) make every effort to block out the feelings and influence of the child.

In my judgment, the «Social Principles» of the United Methodists, the «Statement on Economic Justice» of the Lutheran Church in America, the «Statement on Human Rights» of the United Church of Christ, and the World Council of Churches» themes of «Justice, Sustainability and Participation» are models of such efforts.

On the other hand, efforts to make conceptual sense of the world based on this model were unsuccessfuOn the other hand, efforts to make conceptual sense of the world based on this model were unsuccessfuon this model were unsuccessful.

This was an effort to bring the methods and models of the natural sciences to bear on the study of history.

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

The dominant economic model makes everyone dependent on impersonal forces, the rational effort at profit maximization on the part of the great transnational corporations.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

I disagree with Flam being released, we don't need 2 aged holding CM but 1 aged holding CM to be a «role model» isn't the death of a club and Flamini has shown his loyalty since rejoining... He could of left but wanted to fight for his spot with us and as such, he has put the effort in on the training ground.

On the flip side, the Bucks also use Jabari as the primary defender on most top wings, so it's not like they're completely focusing their efforts on stopping that first action, and star players do usually find a way to «get theirs» even if you have a help - heavy modeOn the flip side, the Bucks also use Jabari as the primary defender on most top wings, so it's not like they're completely focusing their efforts on stopping that first action, and star players do usually find a way to «get theirs» even if you have a help - heavy modeon most top wings, so it's not like they're completely focusing their efforts on stopping that first action, and star players do usually find a way to «get theirs» even if you have a help - heavy modeon stopping that first action, and star players do usually find a way to «get theirs» even if you have a help - heavy model.

Bikini model Elle Johnson was loving Michigan's effort against Penn State on Saturday.

This timely volume discusses ways that the United States is currently attempting to address PMDs, models that are used around the world, and ways that the United States could improve on efforts to assist those experiencing PMDs.

It simply means that they have had hands - on, supervised training (in a variety of settings), have successfully pursued appropriate education, have demonstrated their knowledge to a certifying body, have agreed to operating within a defined scope of practice as defined by their professional association, and have committed to on - going efforts to remain abreast of current evidence specific to the burgeoning field of lactation... just like every other healthcare profession within the medical model.

The main efforts of governments continues to focus too on a top - down structure of climate governance, guided by a «targets and timetables» approach that mirrors the Montreal model.

Rice has been arguing that she's a tough - on - crime progressive and insisting that her efforts to reform the legal system at the local level have not only been successful, but would translate into a statewide model if she is elected to the post AG Andrew Cuomo is vacating.

It would be a state - wide, state - run, effort modeled on CONNECT.

The initiative, modeled after similar efforts across the country, is seen as a more efficient way to reach adolescents who rarely speak on the telephone these days.

He lauded the Governing Board, Executive Management and Staff of the Centre for their strategic direction and hard work, noting especially the tireless efforts by staff of the Training Department who worked directly with GIZ and the Consultants on the adaptation of the elearning model.

On - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayoOn - topic questions include: whether de Blasio and McCray's partnership is modeled on the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayoon the Clintons, how the Mayor's Fund will be financed including whether they plan to ask Michael Bloomberg to contribute money, the anticipated size of McCray's staff and office location, whether McCray will regularly issue a public schedule, how de Blasio decided to appoint McCray, whether she will continue to be active in other efforts related to the administration such as the pre-K initiative, whether McCray is ready for increased public and press scrutiny and how others who disagree with any actions or decisions by McCray at the Mayor's Fund can address those with the mayor.

In our collaboration on diabetes, for example, data generated by experimental colleagues contribute to modeling and building a concerted mathematical effort at understanding the disease.

Additionally, significant effort must be made on mechanistic modelling of plant growth to reach a more thorough understanding of the intricate physical, biochemical and morphological phenomena involved if we are to accurately control and predict plant growth and development in a space environment.»

But in the effort to do good, community lab leaders may have ignored the fact that they're also running businesses, and the current business models, which rely on classes and membership dues for revenue, aren't sustainable.

It is shocking that Science would take the time and effort to highlight and chronicle the sentiments of someone whose sole mission is to derail biomedical research that is dependent on animal models.»

Kuang is also involved in efforts to model various aspects of tumor growth and management as part of ASU's efforts on cancer research.

Angela Strecker, an environmental science professor at Portland State University and the study's co-lead author, said that species distribution models can help predict all the places where a given species could live based on their environmental preferences, and using these models can help target conservation efforts to areas where they would have the most impact.

In an effort to make the model slightly more realistic, Peacock says, her team has recently doubled, from 2 to 4 months, the length of time in which oil is escaping through the well on the sea floor.

Researchers are training artificial intelligence models to identify tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays, which may help screening and evaluation efforts in TB - prevalent areas with limited access to radiologists, according to a new study appearing online in the journal Radiology.

One postdoc presents data on her efforts to develop an organoid model for small - cell lung cancer; another reports progress on culturing hormone - secreting organoids from human gut tissue.

During a Friday morning session titled «Fire and Climate,» Meg Krawchuk, a UC Berkeley «pyrogeographer,» described her efforts to model the impacts of global warming on fire patterns across the world.