Learn about our model that merges technology, civic engagement, and public - private partnerships (technology alone does
not scale impact).
Not exact matches
But in most cases, those aren't
scaled up to a point where they really
impact bigger systems and processes.»
Start with a showcase and by working on a small model, show what you can do; something that is manageable but makes a significant
impact, if
not on a large
scale but even a village or a house.
In Gillian Tett's latest book, she
not only examines the negative
impacts of silos but explores how to
scale them and render silos useless.
«I am just so happy I joined, I could
not have spent my money or my time in a better place when it comes to
scaling my business and making a huge
impact.»
Since then the project has continued to make waves with «big picture» science that often reveals consequences and
impacts on pollution on ecosystems that small
scale experiments can't.
Maybe
not this year or next, but when the next financial crisis in banking happens this next time it will be on a far worse
scale and
impact to the people and the bankers will still get their bonus's, stock options and buy more airplanes.
«Maybe my script won't make a huge
impact on a global
scale, but maybe it will get us talking about protecting our privacy,» Matthew said.
Scale economies have always been important but n recent decades scale economies and their impact have been put on the equivalent of ster
Scale economies have always been important but
n recent decades
scale economies and their impact have been put on the equivalent of ster
scale economies and their
impact have been put on the equivalent of steroids.
Tax cuts always effect assets prices, regulations are estimated to account for up to 35 % of building new construction costs for homes in some locations and though federal deregulation may
not impact local regulations as much it does have a multiplier effect on the economy just like a tax cut does and anticipation of an infrastructure plan the
scale of this administration's, though it hasn't been passed, would also have an anticipatory effect on leading indicators like stocks and other commodities that raise costs, which we have already seen.
The idealist in me can't help but envision how global crowdfund investing stands to facilitate sustainable and attributable social
impact with unparalleled
scale and efficacy.
The 2010 Skoll World Forum focuses on Catalyzing Collaboration for Large -
scale Change, recognizing that social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to critical issues can
not achieve
impact at
scale without forging cross-sector partnerships and alliances.
«This day is
not just the largest shopping day in the world, but a demonstration of the
scale and
impact of our global ecosystem.
Strip mines are ugly gashes in the landscape, yes, but they don't have a negative environmental
impact — or more precisely no
impact more negative than that of any large -
scale human enterprise.
Although the international market does
not currently differentiate climate - smart cocoa at a wide
scale, the Rainforest Alliance will introduce a wider choice of traceability systems in 2017, which are expected to have a positive
impact on demand.
Our submission also cites egregious examples from Victoria's meat regulator PrimeSafe, the huge
impact of knee - jerk changes to regulation of raw milk on small -
scale dairy farms (many of whom have now gone out of business), and the complicated business of ensuring appropriate labeling of GMO and imported ingredients while
not creating an extra burden for small -
scale producers who sell directly to the public.
It's
not clear whether Baltimore's results apply to the national population, but it's shocking that
impacts of this
scale exist anywhere.
He cited the «sheer
scale of the sacrifice», the
impact of the war on the development of Britain and the fact that «this matters,
not just in our heads, but in our hearts» as reasons for marking the centenary.
Features the
scale of Earth's
impact ripples would go unseen at the resolution of images taken from orbit imaging and would
not be expected to be present if the meter -
scale ripples were
impact ripples.
«But the
scales of lightning strikes are small and
not likely to be confused for kilometer - size or larger
impact cratering events.»
Seismologists did
not expect the
impact to register more than three on the Richter
scale, but it was enough to get the children into the Guinness Book of Records (and hopefully enthused about science).
Professor Andrew Scott, one of the lead authors, said: «High oxygen levels in the atmosphere at this time has been proposed for some time and may be why there were giant insects and arthropods at this time but our research indicates that there was a significant
impact on the prevalence and
scale of wildfires across the globe and this would have affected
not only the ecology of the plants and animals but also their evolution.»
As planetary scientist Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, and his colleagues reported last month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, MRO's broad -
scale Context Camera has been finding the dark smudges of
impact debris that weren't there as recently as a month earlier.
As for costs to the economy, Brandt said the benefits from curbing carbon dioxide emissions drastically outweigh the risks from regulation, though current accounting methods may
not accurately reflect the
scale of the
impact.
«There hasn't been a large -
scale assessment of just the simple full topographic
impact of mountaintop mining, which occupies more than 10 percent of the land in the region we studied,» said Matthew Ross, an ecology PhD student and lead author on the study.
So, if we don't look at invasions at a macro
scale, such as for an entire continent, we might misinterpret the invasion process and the strength of its
impacts.
So while dogs aren't as bad as cats on the extinction
scale, their
impact shouldn't be ignored, especially when you look more closely at the harm they can do.
«We would be happy if, on a large
scale, we can reduce the
impact of these native ants so that they're only a minor pest,» says Les Greenberg, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside, who was
not involved in the study.
Traditional methods used to limit the
impact of MSD include insecticides to control leafhopper populations (which are
not affordable to most small -
scale farmers and can be environmentally damaging), and conventional selective breeding of maize for resistance traits that naturally exist in some varieties.
While our abilities to manage invasive species and their
impacts have improved over the past decades, the current tools to do so are generally imprecise, blunt and
not effective at
scale.
The «cause of death» (assessed by the 4 - point Hardy
scale classification, Supplementary Notes 1) is quite different for individuals from whom Blood was obtained pre-mortem compared to post-mortem, but this does
not appear to have a major
impact on the clustering, which is independent of Hardy classification (see Methods, Fig. 6a).
Educating your family members, neighbors, and people in your community about the do's and don'ts of recycling will
scale up your individual efforts for maximum
impact.
Wild caught seafood is preferable, both for the environment and for health, as we still don't know the full
impact of large
scale commercial fish farming.
That isn't a change on the
scale, but is definitely going to
impact Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR).
Even for the companies that do this on a small
scale with just a few grams of cheap amino acids per scoop (in which case it probably won't
impact your bottom line results), why would you purchase a spiked protein powder when there are so many other legitimate options available?
o The Carbs in Swerve are
not included because Erythritol is purported to have no
impact on blood sugar and is considered a 0 (zero) on the glycemic
scale.
Hormones and digestive ailments can
impact the
scale readings, time of the day effects weight, workouts can increase weight (due to retention of fluids caused by inflammation — a direct response of working out), even one glass of water can skew the
scale numbers — and if those numbers aren't where you expect and want them to be, you can be thrown into a downward spiral of despair.
If that's
not possible, think about ways to use
scale to make a big
impact.
Although the problems appear to have had an
impact on the final product, especially in the uneven tone of the comparatively smaller -
scale finale and the unsatisfying epilogue, it's a bit of a pleasant surprise that the movie manages to hold together even through some turbulent patches to be worthwhile viewing for anyone
not expecting much more than a grandiose, set - piece dominated horror - thriller.
We still don't know how bid an
impact he'll have in the grand
scale of the story -LSB-...]
But because of variations in method, sample, and context from study to study, the previous body of literature has
not provided a decisive answer regarding which strategy, at
scale, has the biggest
impact per dollar.
For high
impact, couple
scales with assignments that are designed to require repeated revision and provide students only with feedback on the revisions,
not a grade.
We didn't think we could get the attention of (much less have an
impact on) traditional schools without proving that low - income kids could be served at a
scale akin to a district and achieve at high levels.
Whether it's a course on designing cutting - edge technologies, a practicum on large -
scale distance learning, or a course on evaluating the
impact of educational apps, we concentrate on the cognitive, affective, and social dimensions of learning,
not on the bit rate.
Although they are
not a direct result of analyzing the outcomes of the Regulatory
Impact Scale, I came across some findings in the course of my research that have several implications for policymakers.
At the opposite end of the
scale, we have
not figured out a good enough plan to grapple with brain development, trauma, and other factors that
impact kids from ages zero - to - four.
GPSN Executive Director Myrna Castrejon said replicating high - performing schools has
not been attempted in Los Angeles before or anywhere in the nation at the same
scale, and the organization is encouraging the «best and brightest» in the district to apply for grants to expand their successful schools»
impact on more children in LA.
Scale scores on the test are
not used to calculate growth and have no
impact on AYP, except as cut points related to proficiency categories.
Motivation can be negatively
impacted by noting the number wrong, using percentages, or even using standards - based grading marks or symbols (whether it is a 4, 3, 2, 1 or an E, M, P,
N) when there are no learning descriptions (learning targets,
scales, rubrics) to help students and even families make sense of them.
Although 98 % of these same teachers see their job as more than a profession, they don't feel as though their opinions make an
impact on a larger
scale.