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As always, the best opportunities are likely to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in our measures of market action (which, following our stress - testing earlier in this half - cycle, are robust to every market cycle we've observed across history).

For example, the dollar as measured by the Federal Reserve's broad trade - weighted index fell in the second half of the 1980s and soared in the 1990s, but both decades saw robust growth.

To also ensure the highest quality of our service, we took measures to invest in a robust technological infrastructure.

Enforcement: Ensures strong and robust rules for the civil, criminal and border enforcement of IP rights, including appropriate remedies to combat trade in counterfeit and pirated goods in line with Canada's Combating Counterfeit Products Act; Contains border enforcement measures so that border officers can detain suspected counterfeit or pirated goods in a manner consistent with Canadian law.

In contrast, the national accounts measure of buildings and structures investment fell by a surprisingly large 3.8 per cent in the September quarter, driven by a large reversal in the previously robust structures componenIn contrast, the national accounts measure of buildings and structures investment fell by a surprisingly large 3.8 per cent in the September quarter, driven by a large reversal in the previously robust structures componenin the September quarter, driven by a large reversal in the previously robust structures componenin the previously robust structures component.

We would concur with this broadly positive outlook for the economy over the rest of the year, in large part due to the contribution from US consumers, whose well - being — thanks mainly to a robust labor market — was apparent in one measure of consumer confidence during September, which hit its highest level in nine years.

The UK has some of the most robust aviation security measures in the world and at all times the safety and security of the public is our primary concern.

Meta - analyses help in establishing robust patterns, but studies often use very different measures of both paternal involvement and children's outcomes, making comparisons difficult.

Following a meeting with the Home Office last year, JCWI told Bolt that they «remain deeply concerned that no robust or adequate system for monitoring and evaluating the scheme's operation and measuring its success, cost - effectiveness and proportionality has been put in place, nor is there any plan to do so».

While the size of an organization is not necessarily the prime measure for success on the Internet, a robust and strategic use of funds and other resources to sell a nonprofit's message to legislators, business leaders, potential donors and the general public, using all the online tools at one's disposal — even in conjunction with other communications media, like direct mail — is mandatory.

Our analyses seem to be robust, and even though there are certain limitations, we are confident that our measures are not an artefact of language change over time or product of the alleged change in the way political communications operate.

It's the UK's chance to become world leaders in effectively tackling terrorism and serious crime in our increasingly digital world, setting out robust safeguards for our privacy and security alongside effective surveillance measures targeted at those under suspicion.

During the lead up to New York's presidential primary in April, Cuomo criticized Sanders's gun control stance, suggesting it was less than robust support for certain measures.

We have time on our side and, as long as we follow through with pro-growth economic measures, these combined policies will result in robust job creation and a vibrant economy.

In December 2013, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report on PEGASE... The report also concluded that the control measures put in place are robust and that there is no sign of mismanagement or diversion of fundIn December 2013, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report on PEGASE... The report also concluded that the control measures put in place are robust and that there is no sign of mismanagement or diversion of fundin place are robust and that there is no sign of mismanagement or diversion of funds.

On Wednesday, George Osborne delivered his spending review to the Commons without bombast or superfluous oratory: he galloped through his inventory of measures as if it were a standard financial statement, a spot of robust housekeeping to keep the nation's books in order.

While all participants remained disease free, the earlier vaccinations produced the most robust initial and long - term antibody response, Ferris says, of levels of the infection fighters that can be measured in the blood.

«This new, more robust way of measuring attenuation is a breakthrough that can be applied in other systems around the world.

«We developed robust analytical methods to measure trace elements in the heroin powder at very low levels as well as measure strontium ratios» said IFRI director Jose Almirall, the principal investigator of the study from FIU.

«Our research suggests that combining neural and ocular features might provide a robust detection system, which would result in higher user security measures.»

In a recent Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica study, poor academic performance, measured as grade point average (GPA) at age 16, was a robust and strong predictor of suicide attempt up to middle age.

The vast magnificent savanna, forests, wooded savannas, and deep rivers habitats remain largely intact with potential for recovery of wildlife populations if urgent and robust conservation security measures are taken in this strategic area, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), ECOFAUNE + / AGRECO, and the Ministry of Environment of Central African Republic said in a report issued today.

«Despite encouraging signs of containment, the cluster of three confirmed cases of EVD that was recently reported in Liberia underscores the importance of robust surveillance measures to ensure the rapid detection of any reintroduction or re-emergence of the virus,» Palacios says.

«Our investigation includes one of the most robust analyses of physician adherence to AUA guidelines on the management of BPH / LUTS in the published literature, and represents the first published analysis to our knowledge of the rate of performance of measures that are challenging to extract from administrative data (i.e., subjective symptom description, I - PSS, sexual function evaluation, performance of a physical examination and specific examination maneuvers),» says Dr. Auffenberg.

This new measure of ocean warming is also more robust to some sources of error in the ocean observing system.

Professor Ferner's research with national and international collaborators focuses on defining clinical phenotype in the neurofibromatoses, determining the natural history of optic pathway glioma and developing robust clinical and patient centred outcome measures for monitoring novel therapies.

We computed Robust Multichip Average expression measures using the Oligo package in Bioconductor (22).

The DSCC is urging States and policy makers to take strong measures and adopt robust regulations to ensure the protection of the ocean depths and of the species that are so often «out of sight, out of mind» — those that live in the deep sea.

Weak lensing cosmology will be challenging: in addition to highly accurate galaxy shape measurements, statistically robust and accurate photometric redshift (photo - z) estimates for billions of faint galaxies will... ▽ More A key goal of the Stage IV dark energy experiments Euclid, LSST and WFIRST is to measure the growth of structure with cosmic time from weak lensing analysis over large regions of the sky.

Bringing a quantitative element into the process to enable big data analytics to measure instruction, retention, development, and generally bring a best - practices element right into the learning environment in real time; much more robust than end of year exams.

In one measure of verbal acumen called letter fluency — the ability to list words that begin with the letter F, for instance — bilinguals enjoyed an advantage over monolinguals that began at age 10 and grew robust in adulthooIn one measure of verbal acumen called letter fluency — the ability to list words that begin with the letter F, for instance — bilinguals enjoyed an advantage over monolinguals that began at age 10 and grew robust in adulthooin adulthood.

«The NASUWT has already called upon the Scottish government to introduce a duty on schools to record and monitor incidents of hate crime to identify the scale of the issue and to put in place robust measures to address it.

Back in 2002 a group of educational travel companies came together and pioneered a robust verification scheme which featured an audit of all members every year by independent experts By measuring against a comprehensive code of practice that had been developed with, amongst others, health & safety experts, teachers» unions», head teachers» associations, outdoor advisors and top legal advice, the audit ensures all aspects of a company's business was examined, this includes worldwide health & safety management, financial security, consumer protection, fair terms and conditions and, for when it does go wrong, a commitment to independent arbitration.

Making sure you have robust cyber security measures in place is wise, regardless of the legislation.

In addition schools need to ensure that it has proper organisational and technical measures and policies in place to keep personal data safe and secure — having a robust information security policy which is actually adhered to throughout the business is part of thiIn addition schools need to ensure that it has proper organisational and technical measures and policies in place to keep personal data safe and secure — having a robust information security policy which is actually adhered to throughout the business is part of thiin place to keep personal data safe and secure — having a robust information security policy which is actually adhered to throughout the business is part of this.

The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

I propose that states get out of the business of licensing and invest instead in robust data dashboards that measure principal performance over time on a range of agreed - upon metrics with links to their preparation program of choice.

Michael Soskil: We need a shift in focus from accountability measures based on standardized test scores toward metrics that take into account universal access to quality teachers and learning environments, robust curricula that include the arts, as well as student engagement and well - being.

The Scholars» Paradise model would use «scale scores» or a «performance index» for the «academic achievement» indicator; measure growth using a two - step value - added metric; pick robust «indicators of student success or school quality,» such as chronic absenteeism; and make value added count the most in a school's final score.

For our final analysis, we conducted a stepwise regression in which the most powerful school level (systematic internal assessment and parent links) and classroom level (time in small - group instruction and time in independent reading) variables were simultaneously regressed on our most robust outcome measure, fluency as indexed by words correct per minute on a grade level passage.

The upcoming election in November, where a potential Common Core repeal measure may appear, will provide Latinos a powerful way to ensure that instruction in the classroom remains robust and that our children are prepared for college and careers.

In part because of the Lau ruling, the district has built up a robust offering of language - learning pathways, even as many districts around California either diminished or did away with their bilingual offerings in the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual educatioIn part because of the Lau ruling, the district has built up a robust offering of language - learning pathways, even as many districts around California either diminished or did away with their bilingual offerings in the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual educatioin the wake of a 1998 state ballot measure that put severe restrictions on bilingual education.

In addition, the out - of - level achievement tests used by Talent Search programs have been selected or designed as robust measures, giving a more complete picture of the gifted child's ability.

Information, resources and tools that highlight the power of performance assessments as robust tools to measure student growth in multiple ways with technical quality (reliable, valid and fair).

This is seen as a robust way of measuring poverty as it covers families where, for example, a parent is in and out of employment.

Similarly robust outcomes were observed when assessing math measures although the researchers did not provide the specific percentages of results falling in each strength - of - evidence category.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

A robust baseline assessment and follow - up progress measure used to support learning should be a prime candidate here, but it should feature as just one item in a school's assessment toolbox.

ROBUST AGREEMENT IN FAVOR of exploring less - punitive disciplinary measures has not prevented the emergence of controversy, however, especially as elected officials and districts move to implement broad policy changes quickly.