Sentences with phrase «recent focus group»

A reader who shall remain nameless shared some surprising information from a recent focus group: Chase is considering eliminating the current ability to earn 5 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent at office supply stores with its popular Ink Bold and Ink Plus business cards.

Outcomes The feeling at our recent focus group was that although the government talks about local choice and autonomy, these measures will all be about outcomes (linked to the new Ofsted framework).

In recent focus groups with Syrian refugee mothers in Lebanon, for example, Pluess and his colleagues found that a popular ingredient in many psychosocial programs — a concept called «internal locus of control» — was problematic among people anchored by religion.

Results from recent focus groups conducted by Career Thought Leaders throughout the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and Russia have been cataloged and offer a rich array of tips and suggestions for executive and non-executive job seekers alike.

Not exact matches

Although there have been several recent cross-border attacks and incursions, the Eurasia Group team does not see a broader military conflict in 2017 given that both countries» prime ministers are focused on domestic issues.

Holyk said customer focus groups showed that many customers were not very up on the changes in recent years.

In recent years, immigrant rights protests shrank as groups diverged and shifted their focus on voter registration and lobbying.

In a recent Nielsen report that focused in - depth on African American women, researchers echoed the need for brands to abandon the one - size - fits - all approach with this consumer group.

A recent Temkin Group study found that 84 percent of companies surveyed expected to increase their focus on customer experience metrics for this very reason.

The product also made an appearance, according to an anonymous tip we received earlier this year, in a focus group held by Google alongside products that might sound familiar after recent leaks: a smaller Google Home, a premium Chrome OS laptop, and other products, including a pair of smart headphones.

Steadfast has been a serial acquirer in recent years, buying brokers and underwriting agencies — most recently the $ 95 million acquisition of Whitbread Insurance group — a broker and strata - focused underwriting agency.

After attending Morrow Sodali's seminar on Corporate Governance at the recent IOD Open House event, Sue Lawrence of TMF Group wrote an article on the mechanism of robust corporate governance and on the panel's focus on «What is good Corporate Governance?»

Criticism of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney's recent comments to a banking group has largely focused on his advocating a pay - to - play system for interest groups to access government officials.

«Shareholders have been focused on the recent period where the disparity between Crescent Point and the peer group is so significant that a lot regretted being in the stock and felt somewhat trapped,» added Wood, noting he is not getting paid by either side for his work.

The recent meeting in Madrid was one example of the Catholic group's continuing creative efforts; one hopes that the number of such internationally focused events will increase.

Similar efforts have been launched in recent months against Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, for speaking at a Focus on the Family event; and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, for agreeing to appear at a leadership conference sponsored by another Christian group, the Willow Creek Association.

In a recent «Focus Group Study» of celiac's who were not eating oats either because of fear or had previous reactions to other gluten free oats, 95 % had no problem with PrOatina oatmeal and have added PrOatina Oat products to their diets.

Why not focus on us winning our CL group for the first time in recent years against the odds?

Based on data derived from the most recent NARM job analysis, midwife members who self - identified as «of color» will be invited to participate in focus groups to explore facilitators and barriers that they have experienced with respect to access to midwifery education, and as practitioners.

LGBT advocacy groups in recent years have focused on make GENDA the law, especially in the years after the passage of the legaliztion of same - sex marriage.

A couple of recent articles have highlighted a flood of money entering Senate races via «independent expenditure» groups, some of them narrowly focused:

The group works to train recent immigrants for civic leadership opportunities, and Ms. Mark - Viverito said her speech would focus on immigration and «some of the great work we're doing here» in New York.

Some of Cuomo's staff also attended a recent meeting of 350 Brooklyn, a local activist group with ties to the Green Party that is focused on climate change.

In recent days, her campaign has held focus groups to try to determine what qualities undecided voters want to see in Mrs. Clinton's running mate, the people involved with the planning said.

The groups say they are encouraged by New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio's recent campaign, which focused on alleviating income inequality.

At first it was thought that only functioned as cellular debris warehouses but in recent years has been that could have an important role as a messenger between cells of the body and now many groups focus their research on the role that could be played exosomes in various diseases, including cancer.

Picking up on recent discoveries that the Notch - modifying enzyme known as Rumi is necessary for animal development and that various mutants of Rumi are linked with a form of skin hyperpigmentation known as Dowling - Degos disease (made by scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Bonn, Germany), Li's group became focused on this particular enzyme.

In a recent study appearing in Nature Publishing Group's Scientific Reports, the researchers focused on the properties of schreibersite and conducted experiments with the mineral to better understand how — in a chemical reaction with the corrosive effects of water called «phosphorylation» — schreibersite could have provided the phosphate important to the emergence of early biological life.

EuroStemCell, in partnership with the Future Science Group MEDLINE - indexed journal Regenerative Medicine, have launched a digital platform which provides free - to - access summaries of hot - topic articles from leading international academics published in the journal's recent two - part Special Focus Issue entitled, «Regenerative Medicine in Society: Interdisciplinary Perspectives».

She will then focus on recent results her group obtained with regard to extremely large volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io, and giant storms on Uranus using Keck Observatory.

Focusing on a study group of people with impaired cognitive function, a recent experiment indicated that yoga may be the answer.

A recent study compared the results from a group (of experienced lifters) that trained with only 6 sets of full - range - of - motion squats to a group that did 3 sets of full - ROM, and 3 sets of heavy partials focusing on the top - half ROM.

A few recent exceptions, Fury Road, Ex Machina and Chi - Raq, in isolation, serve as reminders that pop - entertainment does not have to be vanilla or focus - grouped into mush: it can be ghastly, challenging and visceral.

László Nemes» Son of Saul focuses on a group of Sonderkommando at Auschwitz, (the Jewish prisoners forced to work on the Nazi death camps) and in particular, Saul who amid the chaos of his situation, tries to find a rabbi to bury a child who is among one of the many dead from a recent gassing.

In my recent involvement with the six - nation * European Union - funded study of Science Education and Diversity, headed by Rupert Wegerif at the University of Exeter, I worked with the Dutch team (leader, Michiel van Eijck) using questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with 10 - 14 year olds in the six nations.

A recent report, called Listening and Learning from Teachers: A Summary of Focus Groups on the Common Core and Assessments, reveals support, concerns and insights about the standards expressed by elementary teachers in Delaware, Illinois, Utah and Wisconsin.

Typically, a small group of educators, such as the leadership team, conducts a thorough analysis of recent data pertaining to a focus area and finds a pattern — or «story» — they believe is important for the entire faculty to think about.

Recent surveys and focus groups show that while parents place a high value on their child's success they don't fully understand the connection between good attendance and academic achievement.

In the meantime, we would like to highlight some insights from a recent online focus group of 26 teacher educators from colleges and universities that are current, former, or prospective members of AACTE.

Recently AYPF has provided several contributions to the Ready for Success Blog, including posts discussing the data sharing system in Metro Nashville Public Schools, as well as a recent discussion group focusing on career academies.

Wendy's most recent PhD work with UC Davis» Family Research Group focused on family processes and outcomes during adolescence and the transition to adulthood.

In fact, many of these topics are interwoven into our discussion of our three chosen levers, and some — including teacher and school leader recruitment and retention, and school finance — have been the explicit focus of several other recent Forum study groups.

In recent years, policy - makers and major education foundations and advocacy groups have focused attention on the nation's high school dropouts — with good reason.

A recent paper touting gains in Kentucky's Focus schools (schools with the lowest performance for student groups) is, on the surface, encouraging.

A key piece of research was a (relatively) simple analysis which focused on financial stability & market valuation — this study also offered a useful peer comparison with Argo Group Ltd. (ARGO: LN)(& see this recent post).

However, after its recent TDR Capital - arranged merger with EFR, the larger group may focus more on Europe now (where DCC plc (DCC: LN) is also building up a large estate).

We hired researcher Roger Sauvé, president of People Patterns Consulting, to spend months digging through Statistics Canada data, with a focus on how the income for different age groups and genders has changed over the 30 - year period between 1978 and 2008, the most recent year for which the data is available.

She comes to us with a background full of rich training experience focused on helping pets overcome unique challenges, from teaching group classes to her most recent work with «career change» dogs through Guide Dogs for the Blind who exit the program to be placed in appropriate non-guide work homes.

Other elements of the multi-pronged formula includes analyzing sales trends, gathering data from research studies, and conducting consumer focus groups — the most recent one held in July.

Recent group exhibitions which include Dennis» work are, «Artists» Architecture, «the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; the 1984 Venice Biennale, and «Content: A Contemporary Focus, 1974 - 1984,» Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.