Sentences with phrase «more flexible structure»

Informal reflection relies on a more flexible structure to engage preservice English teachers in reflection.

It «believes that the EU must now embrace radical reform based on economic liberalisation, a looser and more flexible structure, and greater transparency and accountability».

How can we respond to both pressures with more flexible structures?

Not exact matches

Smaller businesses tend to have more flexible bonus structures than their large counterparts and many are planning on holding back bonus money at least until they get a better understanding of where things are going, Alter says.

There used to be higher fees to participate on the platform at the flexible funding level, but in late 2015 Indiegogo updated their cost structure making flexible funding more appealing.

In these circumstances, PNC Business Credit capital solutions are often structured to «move with the company» — allowing a more flexible and less restrictive lending relationship.

Systematically tackling the fixed cost positions such as insurances (always trying to compare / negotiate / substitute / slash) has been extremeley rewarding and brought our cost structure to a much more flexible and sustainable level, but it took some time.

Furthermore, by combining PLA containing Biomax ® Strong 120 with layers of flexible materials, it's feasible to design PLA - based packaging structures that produce no more noise than conventional packages, according to Casarino.

Assigned to Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, this recently published patent plays off yet another revision for the ever - popular pouch that is flexible in far more ways than in structure.

This mono - material package marries flexible and rigid packaging to create a thin, light, strong structure that uses less material, enables recycling and allows more message space.

They look to babies who appear to be more flexible on the go who live with basically no structure and think, «Well, if I wasn't so strict with the schedule, my baby could be flexible.»

The skeletal structure that will one day support your baby's whole body starts out as flexible cartilage that gradually ossifies (or becomes hard bone) as your little one absorbs more calcium from you during your pregnancy — and then from the foods he eats well beyond (try 20 years beyond).

I realized that the more I tried to control my children, the more we struggled, but when I was flexible, all the structure came down and each one of us could rest in the beauty of what we were doing.

Home - based programs provide a more flexible, less structured environment, and might be next door or down the street.

If your parenting style is structured and rational, you may think you should be more flexible and emotional, or vice versa.

Some families choose to hold structured and formal meetings with very specific rules, while others are far more flexible and relaxed.

The Department Of Education welcomed the report - education minister Michael Gove has already asked the School Teachers» Review Body to make recommendations as to how salary structure can be made more flexible.

They kept the committee's structure flexible; «anyone could take on more responsibility as they wanted to, and at the same time, if someone became more involved in their research or they were traveling or something had come up in their life, then they could feed some of their responsibilities to the rest of the group,» Silvia says.

Waite hopes the byssus structures could reveal a successful formula for a stronger, more flexible tendon to serve as a prosthesis in humans.

Differences in the two structures analyses stem in part from the fact that at cryo - temperatures some flexible loops of the receptor appear more rigid than they are at room temperature.

So some transitions that seem energetically easy get stuck because they go from a flexible structure loosely bound to the catalyst — a high entropy situation — to a more rigid, tightly bound and lower - entropy situation.

The circular structure made the cells attach to each other as they formed little rings, providing a more flexible attachment.

INRA «is very advanced and flexible, and is recognized as the leader in its field in Europe,» Rabbinge told reporters at the AERES briefing The committee's recommendations include reorganizing INRA's science council, increasing its international visibility, streamlining the agency's organizational structure, and developing more detailed socio - economic measurements of the impact of INRA's work.

In ongoing work, the researchers are looking to generalize their approach to file formats that permit more flexible data organization and programs that use data structures other than arrays, such as trees or linked lists.

The Cambridge group argues for more flexible career structures that would allow women — and men — to rear children without having to drop out altogether.

The new structures are a test bed for theories of low dimensional materials physics, but more practically, the optical manipulation of electron charge and magnetic order can lead to new modes of solar energy conversion and flexible, transparent computation devices.

Robot bodies are becoming more adaptive and flexible, with designers taking inspiration from the extraordinary flexibility and dexterity of complex biological structures, such as the human hand.

Office of HIV / AIDS Network Coordination (HANC) HANC works with the HIV / AIDS clinical trials networks funded by the Division of AIDS of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the intent of creating a more integrated, collaborative and flexible research structure.

Not only does the superficial fascia become more fibrous, thickened and coarse, less flexible, but it can also adhere to underlying structures that it normally slides over.

Now, despite the fact that we have more scientific knowledge and more access to research and literature than ever before regarding the importance of calories, the energy balance and how to structure our diets for optimal muscle building and fat loss through the use of flexible dieting, much of the training and dieting community is still stuck in the dark ages.

As a student I was much more flexible but of course less structured.

Whereas previous Metal Gear Solid games took you through a linear, structured sequence of events — first you go through the tanker, then you go through the plant, etc. — The Phantom Pain is way more flexible, replacing chapters and segments with a large list of selectable missions, not unlike the portable Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Second, despite a decade of calls by everyone from leading educators to leaders in the business community to shift our schooling from fact - based learning structured by academic disciplines to one that develops creative, flexible thinkers using a more interdisciplinary approach, this change is still not happening in any widespread way.

Installing dedicated resources or structures will make the outdoor spaces of your school all the better and more flexible for lessons, but even without adaptation they are not only a solution to a problem but a valuable resource in their own right.

This higher - order thinking strategy actually changes the structure of the brain, making it more flexible and open to even greater learning.

While students may feel more comfortable with a structured assignment, portfolios are process oriented and evolving, so assignments should remain flexible (Lamson, Thomas, Aldrich, & King, 2001).

Besides offering more tailored learning experiences for students, the flexible, ever - changing structure in West Belden gives teachers a sense of choice and empowerment.

Classroom structures may need to be adjusted to accommodate individualized learning — in other words, instead of the traditional rows of desks facing the blackboard, classroom seating arrangements may need to be more flexible, so that the teacher can work with individuals or small groups while the majority of students work independently with a personalized learning software program.

In addition, as conversations around time, competency and structures for school move forward, some of these walls will become more flexible allowing for further implementation of MMOs in the classroom.

These days, Smith says the network is exploring a more flexible lab structure, where students spend some time away from their computers during their lab period, engaging in enrichment activities.

Set to underpin more than half of all Volkswagen models by the middle of the decade, the highly flexible structure makes use of a higher percentage of high - strength steel than its predecessor, the PQ35 platform, leading to a 81.6 - pound weight reduction for the platform alone.

Rather, it is a matter of clearing debts quickly by buying out the balances with a more affordable loan at a more flexible repayment structure.

There are genuine advantages to getting federal loans, with lower interest rates and more flexible repayment structures the two most obvious.

Some gas credit cards offer a very broad, flexible rewards program and some offer value with a more rigid structure.

Spirit has a complicated pricing structure for awards, and while it advertises some very low point prices that can yield great value if you're very flexible and patient, more often you'll end up getting close to 1 cent per mile in value.

Simply put, some companies are more flexible than other when it comes to premium design, paid up additions and structuring a policy that suits your goals.

«We're meeting the need for more flexible and transparent fee structures with the addition of R6 shares on four more Thornburg funds,» says Christina Stauffer, head of DCIO business development at Thornburg.

Simply put, some companies are more flexible than others when it comes to premium design AND «paid up additions» (which is adding cash value to your policy) and structuring a policy that suits your goals.

Organizational structure and work processes now reflect a more flexible, effective and pro-active organization.

Starting on Feb. 1 — Buy the «Explorer Pass» or «Single Ride» on the Transit app Responding to Chicago residents» interest in a more flexible Divvy pricing structure, the popular bike share system is rolling out a series of new fare options and benefits on Thursday, February 1, Divvy announced today.