Sentences with phrase «monitor better measures»

What we need instead is a whole dashboard of indicators that monitor better measures of success for the whole child — a critical, creative mind, a healthy body and an ethical character.

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A widely monitored measure of Chinese manufacturing health, the Chinese Caixin PMI, unexpectedly plunged in August from 48.2 to 47.1, triggering renewed fears that all is not well with China's economy.

He also admits the indicators being used aren't perfect, «but they do have the virtues of being relatively good, easy to measure and not too expensive to monitor.»

As well as traditional safety measures, Talison Lithium provides an integrated process to manage medical emergency response, hygiene monitoring, ergonomic assessment, fitness for work testing and return to work programmes for injured personnel.

- The ABSD methodology, best practices, and key - performance indicators that should be monitored and measured.

«The more we understand about the Soil Organic Matter system, the better we can monitor, measure and maintain it,» said organic produce grower Helen Atthowe who submitted samples from her and her husband's 26 - acre Woodleaf Farm in northern California.

Each state government has extensive monitoring arrangements in place to detect and measure algae, as well as comprehensive emergency plans for dealing with algal blooms.

Toine Timmermans, Project Coordinator for EU - FUSIONS: «Measuring the level of food waste in a structured way is critical for developing effective strategies that focus on reducing food waste and monitoring progress at the business, national and EU level, as well as contributing to the achievement of SDG Target 12.3.

Among the measures they had proposed was a virtual armada of jet - skis, as well as extra drones to monitor the water and safety staff on standby for anything that might happen.

First, there is no well - established, cost - effective method of accurately measuring and monitoring soil carbon.

In that period, everything that is going into and coming out of your child is monitored, scrutinized, and measured to the best of your ability.

Recommended read: Since you're researching safety measures for your little one, you might also be interested in the best baby monitors on the market!

Women who are diagnosed with preeclampsia can take measures to help alleviate their health issues, by managing stress levels, eating a good diet, and making their prenatal appointments to monitor their condition.

The biggest problem being cesarean surgery and operative vaginal births increase when the electronic fetal monitor is used, but the babies don't do any better than babies who had their heart rate measured every 15 minutes with a stethoscope.

If this measure is to proceed, it is essential that the agencies apply the same standards as HMRC would and that their adherence to these standards is well - monitored.

Turnbull announced new measures and an independent agency to manage and monitor work expenses and adjudicate all claims by the lawmakers, as well as ministers, «to ensure taxpayer funds are properly spent.»

* Implementation of NLA owned self - regulated, self - monitored and self - controlled Platform * As part of measures of maximizing revenue for the Government as well as cementing the 25 % Commission to the Lotto Marketing Companies, the NLA will be launching its own Platform.

Additional measures undertaken include «the reorganization of the commission's administrative structure; staff capacity building and professionalization; institutionalization of long - term planning processes; introduction of technology such as biometric registration and authentication processes (Permanent Voter Cards and Smart Card Readers), collation and results management as well as the tracking and monitoring of electoral activities».

A good jogging distance tracker will help you meet your fitness goals and stay motivated by measuring and monitoring how much distance you cover during your runs.

Compared to other accepted monitors for measuring the body's response to painful stimulation during surgery, the nociception (pain) index better discriminated presumed pain - causing stimuli from non-pain-causing stimuli.

These include the development of a biochemical sensor that can continuously and accurately measure different substances released by the organ - like system, as well as enhancements that allow the use of multiple physical sensors, which monitor features such as temperature, oxygen levels, and pH values.

A new report explores the feasibility of using ground monitoring stations, aircraft and satellites to measure CO2, as well as methods to estimate emissions by monitoring a country's energy infrastructure

This study measured uplift more than eight kilometers from the wells in question, the researchers say, suggesting that the entire region may require monitoring.

«Through our partnership with Epicore Biosystems, we're developing exciting new ways to measure and monitor sweat, which can help us better recommend hydration strategies for our athletes.»

MBANs at Home If all goes well, look for MBANs to fall into three categories in the near future — those used to monitor a patient's general health or «wellness,» those measuring the health of the elderly, and those used to monitor patients with long - term medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy, says Paolo Bonato, director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School..

The UN-mandated continental Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme establishes cause of death for each elephant carcass found in these sites, and this has provided the best measure of poaching pressure.

As well as the detection of explosives, chemical weapons and drugs, there is a broad array of other possible applications, such as measuring food quality, health (breath analysis), environmental monitoring, and even geological monitoring (volcanoes) and agriculture (detecting pests).

At the same time, Eliason monitored the amount of oxygen in the water to learn how well their bodies were utilizing oxygen, a measure of athletic ability.

There is also the problem of not knowing just how much groundwater the state has and exactly how much is being pumped, which the state just last year instituted measures to better monitor.

Scientists at Michigan State University's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, in two parallel papers published in this week's journal PLOS ONE, develop a new integrated approach to measure human dependence on ecosystem services and human well - being so as to promote the understanding of the linkages between them — an important step toward improved understanding, monitoring and management of coupled human and natural systems.

A year of deliberations produced an ambitious, interdisciplinary program to develop new technological tools that will enable researchers to better monitor, measure and stimulate the brain.

In a study of structural brain connectivity led by the University of Illinois at Chicago and UCLA, those participants with anorexia nervosa who scored lowest on a test measuring their ability to form insight had more connective abnormalities than other patients in brain regions linked to error detection and conflict monitoring as well as self - reflection.

Participants were monitored using Actigraph, an electronic device worn on the wrist that measured the rest / activity cycle of the participants throughout the study, as well as by self report (sleep log).

Continued surveillance is critical to monitor these serotypes and antibiotic resistance in order to design better infection prevention and control measures such as inclusion of emerging replacement serotypes in future conjugate vaccines.

Glycaemic traits such as fasting and post-challenge glucose and insulin measures, as well as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), are used to diagnose and monitor diabetes.

Using easy - to - understand subjective measures, like how you feel after a meal, as well as a blood glucose monitor, you can precisely determine what amounts and types of carbohydrates and other foods allow you to keep your blood sugar within healthy ranges.

While the author acknowledges the importance of portion control he suggests that rather than measuring portions at each meal it is better to monitor your long - term intake over a week or more.

To get a better idea of measuring ketone levels read our in - depth review of ketone monitors and devices.

A study of weight maintenance (or loss) that measures energy flows comprehensively and monitors all relevant metabolic variables would be good.

PSA levels are measured to monitor how well prostate cancer treatment is working.

Combine these measurements with your gender, weight, and age and this calculator will find your percent of body fat, how much of your weight is lean mass and how much is fat mass, and your general fitness category.While the water displacement test is the most accurate way to determine body fat percent, skinfold tests are valuable because they can be done at home with the same person measuring each time, providing good measurements to monitor body composition changes over time.

If you don't have one, set one up, it's all totally free unless you start running paid campaigns which we will discuss later, and it is full of useful tools as well as analytics and webmaster tools which we will use later to measure and monitor our traffic.

Room acoustics, monitoring standards (visual as well as audio), equipment selection, installation standards, synchronization accuracy, mixing competence, and technical experience are all measured and evaluated as part of the certification process.

The PBL students showed improved performance on a complex scenario test, measuring strategies for monitoring and influencing public policy, and performed as well as or better than traditionally - taught students on the AP U.S. Government test (Boss et al., 2011; Parker et al., 2013; Parker et al., 2011).

Parrett criticised the lack of evaluation regarding wether the trainees attracted by the bursaries stayed in the profession, as well as a lack of measures to monitor how well they performed in the classroom.

And when it comes to a Managed Private Cloud, you can add encryption and a specialized ops team that knows how to harden and monitor systems just like yours, and you'll be way better off than with the ad - hoc security measures of your local IT staff.

The PBL students performed as well as or better than traditionally taught students on the AP test and better on a complex scenario test, which measures strategies for realistically monitoring and influencing public policy.

It is indeed a good thing that we have those other measures because it's true that the Common Core era has failed to deliver on what many of us saw as one of its most valuable and important features: a platinum meter stick to be used to measure, monitor, and compare student achievement, not just between states but also among districts, individual schools, even individual classrooms and children.

Access control systems — as well as physical measures such as escape doors and cylinder locks — can help manage known or anticipated threats by controlling, monitoring and restricting the movement of people, assets and even vehicles in, out and around a building or site.

With a clear focus on homework from OFSTED: «Teachers use well - judged teaching strategies, including setting appropriate homework that, together with clearly directed and timely support and intervention, match pupils» needs accurately» we have to guard against schools driving homework to «death» whereby teachers feel they have to set homework for the sake of it to satisfy accountability measures and / or internal monitoring systems.