Sentences with phrase «offers useful models»

«I was thinking about the Carnegie Museums» identity as a research institute, and thought that offered a useful model,» said Schaffner.

Not exact matches

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.
The Graco Pack N Play Playard Bassinet is a quality playard product that offers several useful features not available in the previously reviewed model.
A model that is considered to be valuable has to be packed with many useful features and offer a certain level of convenience.
Although this model costs more than the other one on our list, it offers a number of useful features to help you monitor your baby anytime you like.
«It's useful in modeling concepts in neuroscience to have a system that will yield a diverse range of behaviors for small changes of a control parameter, as this may help offer some insights about how the same neural tissue displays different responses,» Alonso said, whose research was funded by a fellowship from the Leon Levy Foundation.
«Finches offer researchers a new tool with which to study Huntington's disease: Like humans, songbirds learn their vocalizations, suggesting they could be useful as models for certain disorders.»
«The induced pluripotent stem cells we used in this study proved to be extremely useful in disease modelling, and they could offer an excellent platform for drug discovery and testing new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease in the future,» says Early Stage Researcher Minna Oksanen, the lead author of the study.
Patients with Diamond - Blackfan anemia (DBA)-- an inherited disorder which disrupts the development of red cells in affected patients, but which does not affect the development of other blood cell types — offer researchers a particularly useful model for the study of these proteins.
«Creating iPSCs from patient cells carrying genetic mutations is not only useful for disease modeling, but can also offer new insights into the reprogramming process.»
Likewise, Christian schools offer models that may prove useful to public schools by eschewing standardized testing; reviving Latin, logic, and rhetoric; emphasizing the place of music and foreign languages; refusing to track students by ability; or choosing an unhurried approach to learning.
It is time to try a different funding approach, and Pell Grants, the college scholarships offered to low - income students, provide a useful model.
While games do not fit into the current model of assessment for accountability, they do offer the opportunity to engage and attract learners while providing information useful for making immediate on - the - ground adjustments to teaching and learning plans.
The inventory describes several teacher professional partnership models, offering a useful overview of the many ways in which teacher partnerships are organizing and functioning.
If we really want to improve teaching, we should look to develop such models of effective evaluation rather than pursuing problematic schemes that mis - measure teachers, create disincentives for teaching high - need students, offer no useful feedback on how to improve teaching practice and risk driving some of the best educators out of the profession.
Tennessee's Achievement School District (ASD) was modeled on Louisiana's Recovery School District (RSD) but has forged its own path that offers useful insights for other states.
Our Johnson City Toyota website offers useful online resources to take advantage of, so read up on a few popular Toyota models, value your trade - in, or get your vehicle scheduled for a windshield wiper blade service, all without ever leaving the comfort of your home!
And while the interior offers premium materials, and the 2016 Mercedes - Benz B250e — as it's now called — offers a better driving experience than many other EVs, it's more expensive than plug - in hybrids like the Volt and i3, but without the useful range of a base - model Tesla.
With over $ 10,000 off of the MSRP of each minivan model listed in this sale, you have the ability to now save some serious money on a brand new vehicle with so much flexibility and useful features to offer.
Sony is the only manufacturer to offer physical page - forward and page - back buttons at the bottom of an e-reader, a feature that I found especially useful for those times when I held the e-reader in one hand by the bottom (something this model's balanced feel allows).
Right now Amazon.uk is offering the Kindle 4 and the Kindle Keyboard without the touchscreen model, but that won't do much good in an area where the English keyboard is less useful.
If skeptics think climate models don't work right, they could be useful by offering to help fix the models.
Given that these services are already being offered to the public, the Model Regulatory Objectives for the Provision of Legal Services will serve as a useful tool for state supreme courts as they consider how to respond to these changes.
The poor screen and flimsy build of the last model have been addressed, and for most folks — provided you'll use the features — the Note 10.1 will offer a long, useful life.
On Google's part however, they've made Chrome OS a lot more useful by offering the entire Play Store of Android apps and games available to modern Chromebooks and 2 - in - 1 models.
Like the first generation Notebook 7 Spin, the updated model also offers a 360 - degree rotating display — with the added stylus support, the ability to turn it into a tablet becomes a lot more useful.
Terao and colleagues16 offer a six - step decision - making model useful in differentiating child maltreatment from culturally - based parenting practices.
Although aimed at practitioners already familiar with the narrative therapy model, this book offers a useful perspective for any therapist working with children.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z