Sentences with phrase «remarkable increases of»

Fall 2008 test scores showed the percentage of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students rated as proficient or better in mathematics increased on average by 5 percentage points across all grades tested, with students in grades four and eight making remarkable increases of 9 and 10 points.

In the last two years we've seen a remarkable increase of interest in monarch conservation.

If we do not dedicate time to our Newfoundland due to their calm character, we can observe frustration in the dog and a remarkable increase of weight.

Vietnam's answer to Bali, Hawaii or Phuket, Phu Quoc Island attracted over 550,000 visitors in the first quarter of 2017, which represents a remarkable increase of more than 80 percent compared to the same period last year.

The total number of visitors to El Salvador remained the same in the compared period, but there was a remarkable increase of 63 per cent in the number of European visitors, 27,435 in total, thanks to the introduction of new Iberia direct flights from Madrid.

Therefore, growth in population and consumption per capita have both played comparably important roles in the remarkable increase of human impact on planet Earth.

• Education: From 2009 to 2010, the number of Hispanic young adults enrolled in college grew by 349,000 (a remarkable increase of 24 percent), compared with a decrease of 320,000 among young non-Hispanic Whites.

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Customers buy three to four times as many books after they buy the Kindle device... That's such a remarkable increase in the amount of book purchasing, it seems pretty likely to be an increase in the rate of which people buy books [over all]... I hear this from people every day, that they're actually recapturing minutes of the day for reading.

But McDonald's performance in the recession was even more remarkable: sales growth in 2008 surpassed the previous two years; the fast - food giant opened nearly 600 stores; and same - store - sales have increased in each of 2009's first seven months.

Residents who have lived in northern part of this area recently will have seen a remarkable increase in property values.

With examples of not only what to do right but also how not to do wrong ranging from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 companies (IBM, Apple, Ford, GM, Johnson & Johnson, and others), this remarkable book will help you increase and leverage your Green commitment, reach new markets, and slash your marketing costs.

With examples of not only what to do right but also how not to do wrong ranging from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 companies (IBM, Apple, Ford, GM, Positronic, and others), this remarkable book will help you increase and leverage your Green commitment, reach new markets, and slash your marketing costs.

With examples of not only what to do right but also how not to do wrong ranging from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 companies (Unilever, Toyota, GE, and others), this remarkable book will help you increase and leverage your Green commitment, reach new markets, and slash your marketing costs.

But we continue to believe that in the absence of a remarkable increase in bank revenue and earnings this week and next, the market value of equity for the four zombie dance queens is likely to go lower in the near term as value and stock prices return to balance.

While the number of students from India is small by comparison, the increase has been remarkable, with a rise of more than four-fold in just three years.

Stocks that quickly increase to multiples of their purchase price, like those remarkable plays, are certainly exciting, but it is very difficult, if not impossible, to build an investment philosophy around finding those stocks.

The frequency of reported capital outlays over the past 6 months surprisingly gained 9 percentage points in December, a remarkable increase.

To an increasing number of scientists today, it is appearing more and more remarkable that the physical conditions in the universe were from the beginning configured in such a way as to make the eventual emergence of life and mind a relatively probable development.

Biofeedback research also increases our awareness of the mind's remarkable power to participate in enhancing both mental and physical health.

In our time there has been a remarkable increase in the popularity of Jesus.

Another factor entering into the discussion at this point is the increasing willingness of critical scholars to accept the premise that Jesus did, in fact, «cast out demons» in a way considered remarkable by his contemporaries.

For the most part, local churches have done a remarkable job of keeping up with inflation, and with increased local mission needs resulting from government cutbacks.

If Egypt is intended, then we must regard the statement as hyperbole, a figure of speech used to climax the series of words describing Israel's remarkable increase in numbers.

In an era of increased religious polarization, where overtly religious messages are largely absent from prime - time, Linus» monologue in A Charlie Brown Christmas (taken from the book of Luke) is still somewhat remarkable.

The remarkable resurgence of religious commitment among some American Jews — often the best and the brightest (coupled, alas, with the increasing indifference and assimilation of others)-- can be traced to a stance that runs directly against the relegation of Judaism to the realm of the private.

However I always love to prioritise a scoop, as it's a simple way to cram in its remarkable gut healing benefits of improving detoxification, aiding nutrient absorption, increasing the health of hair skin and nails, and boosting hydration in the hot weather.

DuPont ™ Biomax ® Strong 120 overcomes limitations that have hold back widespread use of bio-based PLA, delivering remarkable toughening effects in brittle PLA materials, reducing crinkly film noise and cutting power consumption while increasing thermal stability during extrusion.

«Our Twin Falls facility is ready to take on the increased production capacity and innovation it was designed for in order to help us meet the remarkable growth we're experiencing,» said Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani.

After doing my research, shown above (which I pretend support my claim, even though I said «this does not support my claim»), I see that cement production is not in the very top of CO2 emission causes (in comparison to others named above), but is in fact already one of the top in regards to manufacturing, materials, and minerals — which, while not as detrimental as I had believed, is still a pretty remarkable feat, especially whenever you look at the increase in effects in recent years and take in the knowledge that it's only going to get worse.

Many to most members of crunchy - mom mafia tend to identify as «feminist,» which has proven to be a remarkable shield that largely prevents observers from noticing that each new item on the must - do list increases the burdens and demands on mothers, who already have a full plate living in a sexist society that doesn't really do much to make it easier for women raising small children.

Despite the fact that, for an incumbent government, the increase of 0.8 points in the vote share is already a remarkable result, the total share of 36.9 per cent is the lowest that has ever led to form a single - party government in Great Britain.

Nonetheless, given the remarkable increase in the participation of young people in higher education that has taken place over the last 20 years, the brief analysis presented here reveals little evidence that the much vaunted policy ambition - to provide better access to higher education to those from less privileged backgrounds - has been successful.»

His accomplishments have won high praise from his admirers, but, inevitably enough, his remarkable success brought on a tangle of lawsuits, increased scrutiny, and a few fallouts with longtime collaborators.

This increase in genetic effects was remarkable considering that it occurs over the course of just days, not months or years.

«If we restrict the analysis to the top female students, the students with a GPA of 3.7 or higher, the impact is remarkable — it is a 26 percentage points increase,» Serra said.

Increasing the length of a surname by just one character, from six to seven, reduces the number of registrations by a remarkable 24 %.

Borrelli said they observed a remarkable decrease in expression levels of some 2,000 genes in this area, coupled with a widespread increase in modifications of basic DNA proteins called histones — particularly those associated with reduced gene activity.

Upon receiving two cycles of treatment with lenalidomide, the patient's breathlessness, fatigue, daily activity, and quality of life showed significant improvement, and her lung function testing demonstrated a remarkable increase in vital capacity.

«As remarkable as it is that climate can change that quickly naturally, what is even more remarkable is that some of the rates of change we're experiencing today — increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide for example — are faster than anything we've been able to find in the past several million years of geologic history.

«This increasing gas content is likely the root cause for the remarkable increase in star formation rates during the peak epoch of galaxy formation, some 10 billion years ago.»

«What is remarkable about our findings is that they show that a simple dietary modification of reducing the carbohydrate content of the meals can, within a day, protect against development of insulin resistance and block the path toward development of prediabetes while sustained intake of high carbohydrate diets as shown in the two mentioned studies lead to increased fasting insulin secretion and resistance.

Recently there's increasing study and focus on a remarkable approach to manipulating the activity of our brain.

This revealed a remarkable increase in entropy in the more primitive network, indicating there was an increased number of patterns of activity that were possible under the influence of psilocybin.

The increase is «pretty remarkable» given overall budget constraints, says David Moore of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Washington, D.C..

Study also indicated that the number of days with extremely apparent temperature will substantially increase in 2081 to 2100 compared to the period between 1981 and 2000, mainly due to the remarkable increase in the frequency of extremely hot days in summer.

To make up for having their roots exposed, some lineages adopted a kind of water - saving photosynthesis called crassulacean acid metabolism that likely helped them survive only on fog and rain; it increased their diversification rate by a remarkable 20.3 %.

However, according to Professor Lars Bejder at Murdoch University Australia, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences and his international co-authors, data reveals that these whale populations are increasing at remarkable rates (9 % for West Coast and 10 % for East Coast; as of 2012), the highest documented worldwide.

The «compounding effects» of climate change and natural weather fluctuations are «giving rise to this remarkable increase in forest fire activity,» said John Abatzoglou, a geographer at the University of Idaho who coauthored Monday's paper.

The unique blend of stem and regenerative cells found in your fat tissue has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in halting destructive immune response, restoring function by providing cellular - level repair of damage, increasing blood flow and reducing inflammation.

These results demonstrate that different autosomes were involved in translocations with sex chromosomes in closely related lineages of anole lizards and that several sequential microautosome / sex chromosome fusions lead to a remarkable increase in size of Norops sagrei sex chromosomes.