Sentences with phrase «removed as a factor»

Only teachers still rated either Developing or Ineffective after student performance on Common Core - aligned state tests are removed as a factor will receive a Teacher Improvement Plan the following year.

If pupil mobility is removed as a factor, we would seek assurances that this crucial aspect of funding is reflected elsewhere within the funding mechanism.»

«If pupil mobility is removed as a factor, we would seek assurances that this crucial aspect of funding is reflected elsewhere within the funding mechanism,» he said.

I was excited by the idea that geography could be removed as a factor, that merit could be brought to the fore, that a writer at the end of a long dirt road could get equal respect from readers as one «living in Brooklyn.»

Vaccines can always be added or removed as factors in your pet's life change.

Not exact matches

Other calming geopolitical factors weighed on gold as there was a continued thawing in North - South Korea relations (South said it will remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across to the North, North said it would align its clocks to the South), and a growing optimism over the upcoming US - China trade talks this Thursday and Friday.

Well, to sum up today's call, we obviously had a good quarter, and we're optimistic about our second quarter as the reasons for our restored sell - through and momentum are simple: One, we've removed Session from our lineup and restored our proven HERO form factor, now with touch displays, to the $ 199, $ 299, $ 399 price points that GoPro's brand was built upon.

These are codes that can be written to open and close trades when specific conditions occur in the market, removing human emotion from trading based on psychological factors such as greed and fear.

His argument, part of which appeared in these pages («Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil,» May 2000), is that moral education as presently conceived almost inevitably ends up by thinning out moral content, removing the sharp edges of judgment, avoiding normative traditions of moral experience, and thus stifling the factors most crucial to the formation of character.

On defense he removes gallant old Elgin Baylor as a factor in his eighth vain try in the finals.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

By removing the car from that combination of factors, it's not that she is «taking the car away», so much as «eliminating an obstacle.»

Removing the most vulnerable populations from a very dangerous environment — kids, women and mentally ill people — is a key part, but there are other factors to be considered as well.

Some ways to move in this direction include eliminating journal impact factor as a criterion and removing identifying information from cover letters, they continue.

Hepatic encephalopathy occurs when the liver can not remove certain toxins and chemicals, such as ammonia, from the blood.1 These toxins and chemicals then build up and enter the brain.1 Hepatic encephalopathy is one of the major complications of cirrhosis (scarring of the liver), and a leading cause of hospital re-admission due to its recurrence, despite treatment.1 It can occur suddenly in people with acute liver failure, but is seen more often in those with chronic liver disease.1 Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy include mild confusion, forgetfulness, poor concentration and personality or mood changes, but can progress to extreme anxiety, seizures, severe confusion, jumbled and slurred speech and slow movement.1 The first step in treatment is to identify and treat any factors that cause hepatic encephalopathy.2 Once the episode has resolved, further treatment aims to reduce the production and absorption of toxins, such as ammonia.1 Generally, there are two types of medication used to reduce the likelihood of another hepatic encephalopathy episode — lactulose and rifaximin.2 However, it remains a leading cause of hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations in cirrhotic patients, despite the use of the above - mentioned standard of care treatment.

«When you remove cost as a factor, people are more likely to select more effective contraception methods that are often the most expensive up front,» said Jessica Sanders, Ph.D., MSPH, first author and research assistant professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at U of U Health.

Focusing on two proteins known as transcription factors, the researchers showed that genetically removing the two transcription factors, Tcf1 and Lef1, in mice is sufficient to prevent leukemia stem cells from persisting.

In a related Comment published today in The Lancet, Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology and cell biology at CUMC, and colleagues Drs. Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Richard Zager (University of Washington Medicine) explain that the blood test, which measures serum creatinine — a waste product that is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle mass.

In combination, these factors could be removing nearly 54 million tons of carbon from the forest each year, introduced into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases.

Nor are we aware of factors such as whether or not equipment on the sea floor has been removed, when currently productive wells will be plugged, or what the total costs of the plugging operation will be.

Immunotherapy is a promising strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's that uses antibodies to stimulate the immune system to remove pieces of a protein called amyloid beta which accumulates in the brain (in deposits known as plaques) and is thought to be a major factor driving Alzheimer's neurodegenerative effects.

In this analysis phase, the test was not intended to be used as the sole factor in determining whether to remove the cyst or not, so doctors relied on current guidelines when deciding on a course of treatment.

Follow - up research by Yamanaka and others revealed that additional substances, such as vitamin C, can help remove these genome covers and allow the reprogramming factors to bind more easily.

This list is designed to remove some of those intimidating factors, as I've had some great success with The...

I found that in many other countries, vaginal breech birth still occurs and that when factors like fetal abnormality, uterine abnormality, etc are removed, vaginal breech birth carried about the same risk as breech birth by cesarean.

So, it is essential that we support our adrenal glands as best we can by either removing or reducing the stressful factors in our lives and our exposure to the offending foods or allergens that cause our immune systems to react.

The equations above are exactly the same as those used for our Daily Caloric Expenditure Calculator, except that the «Activity Level Factor» that is used for the Daily Caloric Expenditure Calculator has been removed here.

Inflammation only becomes problematic when it goes on too long - whether due to failure to remove initial causes or to factors such as high stress physiology, poor nutrition and food sensitivities.

Removing food sensitivities as well as restoring healthy gut flora are both important factors in healing autoimmunity, sometimes this needs supplemental support.

Now, I also discovered a new player — Magnesium — the warranted some further research as a factor to remove chronic inflammation as well.

Without getting too science nerd on you, the bio: renew formula consists of hero Histidine, an essential amino acid and natural purifier which works to trap, neutralize and remove those bully free - radical pollutants that damage hair from every day factors such as pollution, sun exposure, coloring and even water.

Engage removes the randomness factor of online dating by providing a social networking platform that allows your friends to be your matchmaker, as well as a voting system to rate the behavior of Engage community members.

In order to remove the confounding influence of unobserved factors that have an impact on both school spending and student outcomes, we calculate how much spending in a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variable.

While each framework essentially provides similar factors — removing the tendering process, ensuring high calibre products and services, and offering favourable pricing and terms and conditions — it's important for schools to opt for a framework that can offer all of the above, as well as having a thorough knowledge of the education sector; this really does make all the difference.

It's our job as teachers to figure out what they are able to do when we remove the language factor.

By ending teacher and parent nominations, for example, districts and schools can remove referral bias as a factor that currently drives black and Hispanic student underrepresentation.

Other high - performing / high - poverty schools provide additional protective factors, such as restructuring into small learning communities and removing economic barriers to participation in various extracurricular activities.

Removing seniority as a factor in hiring decisions when considering teacher transfer requests, and reducing the number of transfer rounds from two to one

We have concerns about removing the post-16 funding factor so soon, as key stage 5 funding has been subject to so much change and many schools are struggling with the adjustment.

Readers made multiple interesting points, but the main issue most took with an autonomous race series was that if drivers themselves were removed as a limiting factor, why not push the cars to their absolute limits.

The problem is Mike if autonmous cars reach acceptance by the majority and are seen as safer mode of transport, then we «drivers» could be seen as a risk factor that needs to be removed for the general good of all road users.

Things that I like so far, in no particular order: Android 4.1.1 - already one patch automatically downloaded to Jelly Bean; Battery life is very good; Customization is as simple as the iPad - the home screen is easy to configure; the display is very, very good - not quite up to the new iPad, but excellent for much less money; Sound quality is good; Security is good - face recognition login authentication can be configured to require a blink, making security stronger; Performance is excellent - I haven't noticed anything crapping out or any lags in performance, at the app or UI level; Shutting down running apps is a breeze, much simpler than iOS; Removing apps is easy; Reading is a breeze on this form factor - no more carpal tunnel holding and reading an iPad.

We see upside in yields as attention returns to the Fed and some other central banks gradually remove policy accommodation, though structural factors such as aging populations and strong demand for income limit upward moves.

The prospectus will remove «value investing» as a risk factor.

Being an authorized user can help a teen's credit score, but if the teen is removed as an authorized user at some point in the future then this will shorten their average account age, which is a negative factor in the eyes of credit rating agencies.

But with college loan consolidation, those fees are basically removed - as is the fear factor that can affect the student when trying to budget everything effectively.

If we could somehow remove the sex factor and the race factor — and I guess maybe this question is for Ms. Wu, too — say, for example, we've heard from two panelists now that employers generally use this not as an overall screening mechanism, but when it gets down to say two or three candidates and they're about to make a job offer, then they'll check credit scores.

This can be due to a number of factors such as difficulty in removing all the abscessed tissue due to location, the inability of antibiotics to penetrate the capsule of the abscess, the presence of draining tracts coming off the abscess, and the possibility that the underlying cause of the abscess was not treated.

This can be related to factors such as difficulty in removing all the abscessed tissue due to location, the inability of antibiotics in the blood to penetrate the abscess wall, draining tracts coming off the abscess, and the possibility that the underlying cause was not treated.

A major factor is that it has been shown that as soon as a cat is removed, a new one will move in to take over the food source.