Sentences with phrase «monitoring efforts at»

It is the world's most common unit of land tenure and policy enforcement, yet very few countries have advanced their carbon monitoring efforts at such high resolution.

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Huge amounts of money are being poured into big data, including efforts at predictive policing and the widespread monitoring of dissidents.

At the State Department Thursday, Desbois received recognition for his efforts with a certificate of appreciation, the first awarded by Hannah Rosenthal in her role as the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.

The MomsTEAM staff and I are still digging into the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council's three - hundred - some - odd page report on sports - related concussions in youth sports, [1] but one thing jumped out at me at my first pass: When I did a search in the report for a discussion of impact monitoring devices (a / k / a hit sensors), I found only one brief mention of sensors in the committee's recommendation that the Centers for Disease Control fund large scale data collection efforts for research purposes, including data from impact sensors.

And the counter reaction to that has been a much bigger effort done by several hospitals to make the experience better, lessen interventions, use CNMs instead of residents and provide several tools to avoid c.sections, so that you can have the safety of an early intervention without being bed ridden and forcibly tied to a monitor and an IV at the hands of OB wannabes.

«Ghost workers which we prefer to call Payroll clean - up has been very successful and the continuous audit unit at the FG level will continue to monitor and improve our efforts there.

Her efforts have played out as the city continues its push to improve conditions at the jail complex, which is being overseen by a federal monitor as part of a legal settlement.

Wading River resident Bill Gunther, a member of the Navy's Calverton remediation advisory committee, which has worked with Navy, state and county officials to monitor and coordinate cleanup efforts at the Grumman site, urged Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to keep the well - drilling unit intact.

Cuomo has proposed new administrative controls over the non-profit entities at the State University of New York that oversee economic development efforts, as well as the creation of a chief procurement officer to monitor state contracts, as well as enhanced powers for the inspector general.

«Welsh Liberal Democrats are committed to the introduction of an individual pupil monitoring programme to measure all pupils» progress, allowing schools to target efforts at those students who are not meeting their potential».

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, told reporters he spent a «frightening» night monitoring storm devastation in lower Manhattan at a briefing addressing short term repair efforts and long term weather concerns.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

Ongoing radionuclide monitoring and tracking efforts are required following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Dr. Emiliano Esterci Ramalho, Monitoring Coordinator at the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Institute and a groundbreaking jaguar researcher in the flooded forests of central Amazonian Brazil underlined the importance of collective conservation efforts.

««We started seeing these trends last year,» says CGS's Jeff Allum, who authored the report, part of an effort to monitor the graduate admissions process for foreign students at some 500 U.S. institutions.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are sweating the small stuff in their efforts to develop a wearable device that can monitor an individual's glucose level via perspiration on the skin.

The flagship effort at INPE is the Program for Monitoring Deforestation of the Amazon by Satellite (PRODES), in which technicians analyze Landsat data to identify clear - cuts larger than 6.25 hectares and produce a yearly estimate of deforestation in the Amazon.

► Last Friday at ScienceInsider, Juan David Romero reported that IBM and more than 60 scientists are teaming up for the Jefferson Project, an effort that will use New York's «Lake George as a test bed for an array of sophisticated «smart» sensors that will monitor 25 different variables, including biological characteristics and water chemistry and quality.»

Other research efforts at Sondrestrom include advanced ozone monitoring and data mining.

«We are also looking at integrating the NEPAN data into other passive acoustic monitoring efforts being conducted in both U.S. and Canadian waters.»

«The atmospheric and oceanic CO2 increase is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels,» says Pieter Tans, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory, who leads the U.S. government effort to monitor global greenhouse gas levels.

Consequently, despite the extensive and highly successful efforts of many researchers to develop infection models in Drosophila, the outcomes of infection are often measured by end - points such as insect death (survival of a cohort of insects over time) or changes in cell morphology at fixed periods throughout infection (often monitored by staining different elements of the cytoskeleton).

A collaborative group including the CRI Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC), the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT) Immunoguiding Program (CIP), and scientists at Stanford University launch the Minimal Information About T cell Assays (MIATA) Project, the first systematic effort to establish a framework for reporting immune monitoring data from T cell assays used in clinical trials, with the goal of fostering reliability of data to facilitate meaningful interpretation, comparison, and meta - analysis across clinical trials.

UK Power Networks has already purchased some of the devices, for monitoring its own oil clean - up efforts at its numerous electricity transmission sites across England.

Monitoring your HRV reveals your stress levels and where you are in physical training efforts (should you do that cardio workout at full force today or not?).

And their efforts at deconstructing each fateful turn of events are monitored by a fledgling filmmaker (Wilmer Valderrama) who tags along to make a documentary.

DACA Students Weigh the Value of Speaking Out When Deportation Is at Stake (The Christian Science Monitor) Roberto Gonzales discusses issues relating to equity and immigration, and highlights efforts of universities to create welcoming environments for undocumented students.

This report provides a broad overview of state efforts, as of the 2011 - 12 school year, to monitor equitable access to qualified and effective teachers among schools; develop and adopt multiple measures of teacher performance to rate teachers among at least three performance levels; and implement targeted strategies for promoting equitable access to qualified and effective teachers.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been strenuously resisting the Obama administration's efforts to monitor the statewide voucher program, which subsidizes tuition at private and religious schools for thousands of low - income and middle - class students.

IDRA has been at the forefront in supporting legislative and litigation efforts to address the insufficient funding for education ELLs in Texas and the poor monitoring and implementation of programs serving ELLs at the secondary level.

On this week's Midweek Monitor, RiShawn Biddle takes a look at Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's battle to expand school choice and end tenure; casts an eye on Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad's efforts to improve teacher quality; and checks out the Connecticut Parents Union / StudentsFirst Rally with Michelle Rhee and MSNBC's Michelle Bernard.

Many teachers even assign these printables as quick and easy homework assignments that the students can do at home as their parents monitor their efforts.

The district has also revised the criteria for AP enrollment at the high school level In addition, the district has taken steps to support effective teachers and leaders through enhanced and targeted professional development These efforts are part of the district's implementation of a multi-year Transformation Plan to provide enhanced instruction and increased educational opportunities for its students, which OCR will monitor as part of its monitoring of the resolution agreement.

The dashboard in the BMW is the more interesting to look at, with its dominant horizontal structuring, wide centre console tilted ever so slightly towards the driver and free - standing monitor, but as part of efforts to give the 2 - series Active Tourer a sporting touch, it unnecessarily encroaches on the front seat passenger's side, leaving you with the impression that it offers less space than it actually does.

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You have to continuously work at it until you have developed a trading strategy, and even when you have developed that strategy, it will require ongoing effort and monitoring.

Nonetheless, to help encourage your efforts during Heart Health Month, we'd like to recognize the efforts you and your staff are making to reach out to your clients and ensure that dogs at risk of heart disease are getting the regular monitoring they need.

We congratulate the Kunming activists for their success and we will continue our efforts to encourage greater awareness of animal welfare issues, support capacity building, assist in lobbying activities aimed at policy change, respond to distress calls and monitor developments as the Chinese animal protection movement grows.

This summer she conducted five overnight monitoring sessions at the falls, all in July.Because of these monitoring efforts, we know that nighttime closures allow bears that are not tolerant of people (non human - habituated bears) greater access to Brooks Falls.

The Planning and Assessment Council (PAC), created in April 2011, reviews assessment processes at The Cooper Union and aids the Office of the President to monitor the effectiveness of planning efforts.

Even as far more effort is put into improving analysis of the climate system, monitoring changes, and forecasting what is to come, the country must also work to build the intellectual capacity not only to do the science but to have such information meaningfully incorporated in policies at scales down to the town manager.

I first learned of efforts to use satellites to monitor human rights abuses while trudging through a ground blizzard in sub-zero darkness behind Harry Bader, a remarkable character who, at that time (December, 2003), was studying the warming of North Slope tundra.

As species and ecosystem boundaries shift to keep pace with climate change, improved and better - integrated research, monitoring, and assessment efforts will be needed at national and global scales.

Aellen is part of a team of 15 scientists at the school who comprise the World Glacier Monitoring Service, an effort funded by the United Nations to monitor changes in glaciers and assess their meaning.

«The blow comes at a crucial time for monitoring efforts.

The What's in the Air video is a look at the atmospheric monitoring efforts being put forth by NOAA's Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases group.

The joint assistance project Capacity building for CO2 mitigation from international aviation aims at providing assistance to a selected group of 14 States in Africa and the Caribbean to support their efforts in developing and implementing their States» Action Plans on CO2 emissions reduction from international aviation, to establish aviation environmental systems for emissions monitoring at the State level and to identify, evaluate and implement mitigation measures in selected States.

It covers experiences on institutional arrangements for coordinating adaptation work at the national level, working with several agencies in initial considerations on monitoring and evaluation of adaptation efforts, accessing and mobilizing financial resources, and deploying programmatic approaches.

The Fall 2017 issue of Witness the Arctic includes news about the NSF Vision for Research Support and Logistics at Summit Stations; Arctic Social Science research on Alaska Native Elderly health; Sea Ice Prediction Network activities; the Study of Environmental Arctic Change program's syntheses and communication efforts; a workshop on relationships between research and Alaskan Indigenous communities; the newly - released map for the Agreement to Enhance International Arctic Scientific Cooperation; an international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, Robert Rich.