Sentences with phrase «of language performance»

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Providers and regulators can also use social media data to monitor performance in real time, using natural language processing and machine learning to scan consumers» text reviews for keywords of interest related to patient safety.

Yet there's a reason why most fund advertisements include the language, «Past performance is no guarantee of future results.»

they perform a kind of limping dance, and as Elijah taunts them, their wild performance reaches its emotionally uncontrolled peak when they «cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out upon them» (I Kings 18:28) Noon, Baal's best and strongest hour, passes, but the prophets of Baal — note the language of the text --» «continue to prophesy» (vs. 29) The R.S.N. is forced to interpret: «they raved on.»

Especially prominent are politicized «language rituals,» also a characteristic of life under communism; «the more participants, the noisier the political rites, the more impressive seemed to be the performance of the entire political system.»

That is, as an aesthetic object which finds completeness in performance but which is brought into the liturgical frame in order to be broken by a different, but related «language of actions, a language of sounds».

As a Communication Act: The Birth of a Performance, by Richard F. Ward Performance is a resource for homiletics because it addresses this problem of integrating language, sound and movement in an oral, interpretive act in human communication.

It would seem at first glance that homileticians and practitioners of performance studies are developing a common language and method.

Here one finds the dull report of the census - taker, the uninspired but minute directions for the performance of the cult, stories of man's beginnings and that of many of the common experiences of his life, such as language, relationship of races, why the rainbow; colorful stories, of the might and prowess of ancient ancestors of the race, riddles, puns, fables, prayers, songs that have become almost the universal songs of the human race, the history of the rise and fall of dynasties, the preaching of reformers and prophets, the questioning of it all by men grown weary of the struggle, proverbial sayings of great wisdom; the dreams of conquest both of earth and heaven.

Morale is down, toxicity in the stands is spreading to the dressing room, pay attention to Ozil and Sanchez and even Bellerins body language, the playing for a lost cause... If I'm Ozil there is no way I'm putting in a similar level of performance I did last season if the «main striker» goes missing for 14 games despite creating 141 chances and breaking the premier league record

When Bellerin first came into the side he not only defended well but was always so dangerous going forward.His pace and ability to go outside his marker gave us an attacking outlet that allowed us to play without a recognised right sided attacker which coincided with Walcott getting less and less game time.We all thought this boy was going to turn into someone very special and so obviously did the management who apparently renewed his contract on a reputed # 100k per week.What have we seen since then?A player that seems as indecisive and under coached as the rest of the defenders at the club.A player that has rarely delivered a performance that reflected his initial early form.A player whose body language seems to display his displeasure at being at our club when Barcelona reputedly offered # 40m for him in the close season.

«Bullshit» was the Italian's word of choice, but he may well have found himself using more industrial language to his players after their performance in Rome on Tuesday did nothing to alleviate the mounting pressure on their manager.

According to Robert Hall, professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Kansas City, there was no statistical difference in growth, language development, vision or cognitive development among the children studied, although in most categories the breast - fed infants did show slightly better performance.

Numerous studies have identified possible negative outcomes of screen time to include: irregular sleep patterns, behavioral issues, focus and attention problems, decreased academic performance and negative impact on socialization and language development.

If you think that your child is not meeting his normal speech or language developmental milestones, if he is at high risk of developing a hearing problem, or has school performance problems, then it is very important that his hearing be formally tested by a professional.

Similarly, in prior TLT posts you can read all about how my daughter, now in middle school, was last year regularly handed 12 oz cans of Coke and full - sized packages of gummi bears for good performance in a language class, and how my son was given a jumbo sized Hershey bar for winning a school lottery.

In 2015, the New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association awarded Jaime the Marni Reisberg Award for her dedication and outstanding performance within the field of medical speech - language pathology as a graduate student.

The language is foul and there is no shortage of violence but the terrific performances make for a very humourous and memorable buddy movie.

«Staff and prisoners still speak a moral language of making a difference but there is a general shift in the Prison Service towards a security - and - efficiency driven management style that risks stifling professional enthusiasm by its process and performance - oriented culture.»

Whilst the performance of the Ftse is still displayed using visually alarming colours of red (for negative growth) or green (for positive) and hourly news bulletins still insist on telling the world how the stocks are faring, we're still a long way from developing and spreading a new economics language that doesn't worship at the altar of growth.

However, the continuing decline of modern foreign languages and the growing divide in performance between boys and girls at the top grades are worrying trends.»

Teather also gave a firm defence of the «ebacc» - the new performance measure pupils achieve if they get grade C or above in English, maths, a foreign language, two sciences and history or geography.

The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.

The study examined test results for more than 33,000 students in grades 4 through 12 and found that student performance varied across testing formats by grade band, students» primary language, and the specific features of the computer - based system used.

Detmar Meurers, professor for computational linguistics at the University of Tübingen, summarizes: «Authors of textbooks should consider much more systematically what makes texts suitable for students of different age groups and performance levels in order to advance students in terms of language and content.

Despite a few bugs in its language processing, the computer's performance was an impressive demonstration of the increasing speed and power of ai.

Older age, lower education, psychotic illness, being a visible minority and having a native language other than English or French were associated with poorer cognitive performance; however these indicators could explain only part of the neurocognitive difficulties observed in this study.

David Robson's fascinating exploration of sound symbolism in language (16 July, p 30) reminded me of a performance in Australia...

The discovery was a surprise finding for investigators Lori Altmann, an associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, and Chris Hass, an associate professor of applied physiology and kinesiology in the College of Health and Human Performance.

At the Supercomputing 93 conference in Portland, Oregon, last month the world's major manufacturers set a standard for High Performance Fortran, a programming language used for parallel computing, and published a library of standard instructions called the Message Passing Interface.

This major improvement leverages 8,192 Intel Xeon processors in Berkeley Lab's new Cori supercomputer and Julia, the high - performance, open - source scientific computing language to deliver a 225x increase in the speed of astronomical image analysis.

There was a little group of us that all wanted matching outfits for our sign language club performance - I was in 5th grade.

I think this beautiful adaptation gets no justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds poetic, the story has however been updated to suit

I think this beautiful adaptation gets no justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds poetic, the story has however been updated to suit today's audience.

But it is a powerful film, one of the nine shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar, and it is elevated, as it would need to be, by Diane Kruger's superb performance in the central role.

Excellent performances carry the sometimes difficult poetic language of civilisation headbutting savagery.

Life Is a Dream is composed of a patchwork of episodes organized around two narrative threads: Ignacio's return to his hometown (spy thriller) and the French - language performance (ostensibly as recalled by Ignacio) of Calderón's play.

If you find William Shakespeare's language difficult to interpret, Kurzel helps you wash it down with some stunningly nightmarish imagery, stirring performances and a surprising amount of levity.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

Asia's performance morphs with each look: switching up her body language and the cadence of her voice (Italian language track at least).

Pfeiffer's sympathetic performance is a superb display of subtle facial expressions and body language, given the murky visuals and relative lack of dialogue.

Tony Hale (Arrested Development) voices the character for the English language version of Batman Ninja, giving one of the best performances of the crazed clown since Mark Hamill back in the Batman: The Animated Series days.

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

Her sensual performance in her English - language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

Kayla is so shy and quiet that the bulk of her performance is shown through her eyes and body language.

One of Farrell's more adventurous performances in recent years is in The Lobster, director Yorgos Lanthimos «English - language debut set in a world where single people are transformed into animals if they don't find a partner.

I Smile Back Release date: Feb. 23 Details: 2015, Broad Green Pictures Rated: R, sexual content, nudity, substance abuse, language, disturbing behavior The lowdown: Sarah Silverman gives a devastating performance as a wife and mother whose compulsions, depression and disillusionment send her into a downward spiral of drugs and meaningless sexual encounters.

It's the best performance of the lineup, but foreign - language acting wins are very rare for the Oscars — and something tells us that Huppert arching her eyebrows in a demented rape - revenge comedy is no match for Stone belting out a show - stopping ballad.

Esther Kahn, the first English - language film from French director Arnaud Desplechin, attributes great performances to an alchemy of approaches.

Jamie Foxx is wonderful as Ray Charles in «Ray,» evoking the man's complexities and perfectly capturing his distinctive body language, but Foxx will win not only because of his performance but because of his speech when he won the Golden Globe.

Though U.S. audiences likely weren't able to appreciate the movie on the same level as native Chinese speakers because of the way that the film plays around with the language, it's still an amusing and wildly madcap spaghetti western that's anchored by a trio of fantastic performances by director / star Wen, Chow Yun - Fat and Ge You, who have such great comedic timing between them that the subtitles often move too quickly to read.