Sentences with phrase «percent reduction in the size»

Minus is that the book is comprised of photocopied PDF documents at about 50 percent reduction in size, making it extremely difficult to read.

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Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit — a medium - sized, five - star hotel in Bangkok, Thailand — was able to achieve a 50 percent reduction in food waste by value in just 15 weeks, saving an estimated $ 60,000 per year.

Compared to its sham version, electroacupuncture produced a 25 percent greater reduction in HFCS, suggesting that it really could work better — though the modest size of the study precluded a statistically definitive conclusion.

The Tennessee experiment suggested that a 10 percent reduction in class size in grades K — 3 raised students» standard scores by 0.06.

But when the legislation passed, the only available evidence about the program consisted of testimony; a dozen or so empirical studies by the program's own staff that used primitive quasi-experimental designs; and the most - cited single study confounded the court - ordered introduction of the program with a simultaneously ordered reduction in class sizes of 40 percent.

We further tested to see whether a one - student reduction in class sizes would increase TIMSS scores by just one point, or 1 percent of an international standard deviation.

And pupil - teacher ratios have fallen by almost 50 percent due to investments in class - size reduction and an increase in the number of teachers who are not assigned to full classrooms (see Figure 2).

Public schools would get $ 500 million, including $ 248 million annually to fully fund reductions in class sizes approved by 72 percent of voters in 2000.

In the 2012 - 13 school year, 44 percent of these funds went to professional development, while 31 percent of these funds were used for class - size reduction.

In the 2002 - 03 school year, 57 percent of Title II, Part A funds were spent on class - size reduction, while only 27 percent of these funds were spent on professional development.

In addition, the bill caps the use of funds for class size reduction at 10 percent because such efforts have «little to no effect on student learning.»

In the five largest school districts other than Los Angeles, namely San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach, Oakland and Fresno, researchers found that class size reduction raised the proportion of third graders who exceeded the national median by 10.5 percent in math, and 8.4 percent in reading, after controlling for all other factorIn the five largest school districts other than Los Angeles, namely San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach, Oakland and Fresno, researchers found that class size reduction raised the proportion of third graders who exceeded the national median by 10.5 percent in math, and 8.4 percent in reading, after controlling for all other factorin math, and 8.4 percent in reading, after controlling for all other factorin reading, after controlling for all other factors.

Despite its larger size, the new Civic unit body is 68 pounds lighter than before, while new body - sealing techniques result in a 58 - percent reduction in cabin air leaks.

For 2017 the cells, pack, and associated battery circuitry were redesigned which resulted in an overall pack size reduction of 33 percent and a weight reduction of almost 13 percent.

Despite its larger size, the new Civic unit body is 68 pounds lighter than before, while new body - sealing techniques result in a 58 percent reduction in cabin air leaks.

That size reduction will reportedly net a 20 - percent reduction in overall weight, making the new Surface tablets very portable.

NEW YORK — Today Mayor de Blasio announced a suite of new energy efficiency initiatives that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from New York City's over one million buildings — of all sizes, types, and uses — and put the City on a pathway to an 80 percent reduction in all emissions by 2050, while creating green jobs and generating energy savings for building owners and tenants.

To be eligible for the Responsible Care Company of the Year award, companies must demonstrate they have met and surpassed Responsible Care performance criteria, including: a safety performance rating in the top 10 percent of companies in their size category, with no significant process incidents in the previous year; positive performance measures in the areas of transportation safety, process safety and emissions reduction; and demonstrated improvements in EHS&S performance, product stewardship, distribution safety and emergency preparedness.

The authors say it would take a 55 percent reduction in the nitrogen levels of the Mississippi in order to decrease the size of the dead zone.

Microsoft expects this will lead to a 35 percent reduction in download size for major Windows updates.

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.

The three most important factors in this judgment are the size of the rate reduction, the refinance costs as a percent of the balance and the life of the new loan.