Sentences with phrase «said design improvements»

These designs can absorb about 80 to 90 percent of the concentrated sunlight directed at them when considering reflections and heat loss, but Ho said design improvements to make the receivers even more efficient are needed to help reduce the cost of concentrating solar power and improve scalability.

Not exact matches

Chief Executive Bracken Darrell said the improvement reflected the investments Logitech has made in innovation and design.

Data centers, meanwhile, were designed by some of the smartest humans on the planet, but AI analysis identified improvements that increased power efficiency by 15 percent, Schmidt said.

The plant's original plan called for producing enough solar panels to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, although Peter Rive, SolarCity's chief technology officer, said this month that improvements to the equipment design and factory layout could allow it to produce more than 1 gigawatt in panels.

The Elisha parallels are a rank and, of course, insubstantial imitation — one has to say, again in quotes, «improvement» — of the Elijah episodes, designed to represent Elisha as the greater miracle worker.

Some City Council members said all aspects of the proposal weren't to their personal liking, either, but they agreed the design was a vast improvement over past proposals for the beach.

The deal also calls for the city to pay a one - time fee of $ 15,000 to the Mt. Prospect - based planning firm of Leisure Concepts and Designs Inc. to map out a long - term improvement plan for the beachfront area, officials said.

Although some said that it needed some design improvements.

A Parks Department spokesman said the borough has received nearly three quarters of a billion dollars for park improvements under Mayor Bloomberg, but the fix ups take time because of «a participatory design process (and) the city's procurement rules.»

Since fundraising is still ongoing, Garza said he's not yet ready to share all of the design details, but improvements to the amphitheatre are expected.

«The positive impacts from the environmental design improvements can be outpaced by the negative impacts produced when more consumers purchase the products, or when due to demand uncertainty, a lot of overproduction occurs resulting in waste from leftovers,» said Raz.

«We believe we can make improvements to the catalyst and reactor design that will increase the amount of hydrogen we get from glucose,» Dumesic says.

«Fairly modest changes in building design and construction, and code changes and practices, can lead to dramatic improvements in wind hazard resistance of structures,» Levitan said.

This approach can lead to greater improvements than the single - study method, he says, but it requires the application of massive parallel supercomputers, capable of running complex calculations that account for hundreds or even thousands of design variables, all considered in tandem.

Evolution, he says, is not the ultimate engineer; rather, it works on the «good enough» principle — making incremental improvements on previous designs instead of starting from scratch to build better ones.

So we hope to receive some feedback whether there is a demand for a commercially available set and for further improvements of the device's design», says Sorkine - Hornung.

«As the largest health care provider in the U.S., VA has the responsibility to continuously examine how our extensive suicide prevention efforts are working, and to identify critical opportunities for improvement in service to our nation's Veterans,» said Dr. Caitlin Thompson, Deputy Director for Suicide Prevention for VA. «This collaborative effort with NIMH provides us with unprecedented information that will allow us to design and implement innovative strategies on how to assess and care for those Veterans who may be at high risk for suicide.

Existing autism therapies and interventions are designed to address specific symptoms and can bring about improvement,» FDA pediatrician Dr. Amy Taylor said in an agency news release.

In addition to the changes in design, the update also includes «significant improvements» to both its website and mobile app, with a particular focus on enhancing its Wildcard feature — which EliteSingles says will enable users to enjoy more potential matches every day.

«Based on their study, English and King recommend that in the primary years, teachers should spend more time with the class «unpacking the outcomes» of the initial design (in this case the first test flight) and engage and scaffold students in discussions regarding areas for improvement before students move onto redesign,» Rosicka says.

«Given that only two in 10 children have access to a high - quality early education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative.

At the policy design level, he said that schools responded to accountability in unintended and unproductive ways, frequently focusing on proficiency thresholds and «bubble» kids rather than system improvement.

It also says the vouchers are designed to give low - income families in neighborhoods where schools need improvement the chance to send their children to «higher - performing schools.»

«Teachers can use it to design, store and map their own lessons, and content is customizable to allow districts to respond to local needs, said Dr. Christine Mason, Executive Director of the Center for Educational Improvement.

George Noell, a Louisiana State University researcher who designed Louisiana's new evaluation system, said he is pleased that some of the lowest - performing programs are making improvements, although «across the whole spectrum, it's not as clear the data have helped people as much as I hoped.»

«This fourth - generation Rio makes significant improvements over its predecessor in design, technology and passenger comfort, and our latest Hispanic Motor Press Foundation award is a testament to Kia's unbeatable combination of quality, reliability and value,» said Orth Hedrick, vice president of product planning, Kia Motors America.

Bednarchik says the design allows a «slight drag improvement but also a huge front lift reduction as well.»

«These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the Institute's frontal crash test program in bringing about improvements in vehicle designs,» says Adrian Lund, the Institute's chief operating officer.

«This fourth - generation Rio makes significant improvements over its predecessor in design, technology and passenger comfort, resulting in an even better value proposition, while raising the bar in the small - car segment,» said Orth Hedrick, vice president of product planning, KMA.

«Focusing on static quality,» he said, «we worked on improvements to interior design, while with dynamic quality we aimed to reduce NVH [Noise, Vibration and Harshness].

Since the car reviewers haven't mentioned the issue of steering stability [they mostly only say good things about every car they test, and rarely address issues such as reliability], and the public hasn't made any complaints, it's unlikely that GM will make any positive improvements to their electronic power steering designs any time soon.

Cordes Performance Racing of Mesa, Ariz., says its improvements to the C7 Stingray are designed around drivability, not just upping the horsepower figures to look more impressive.

«By optimizing both the design and the materials used in the rotor, we are able to achieve weight savings and performance improvements that were not attainable before,» said Eugenio Madero, CEO, SANLUIS Rassini North America.

Still, Mitsubishi says more than 100 engineering and design improvements have been, including improved handling, throttle response and noise levels.

It's fantastic,» Lentz said, adding the new Prius will feature a stylish new design and handling due to a lower center of gravity.Interestingly enough, Lentz said that while the 2016 Toyota Prius will indeed achieve better fuel economy than the outgoing model, the estimation of a 15 percent improvement is a bit too optimistic.

There's something to be said for consistency, but there were some areas for improvement in the Nook Color that were overlooked, like the visual design of the interface.

93 % of all libraries polled said the new help section was an improvement over the existing design and also an improvement over the old FAQ System.

«The incredible improvements in performance, technology and driveability overshadow the minimal design changes on the exterior,» says Nika Rolczewski.

That said, IRS Publication 523 notes that you generally can't deduct repairs or maintenance, only «improvements» that are designed to increase your home's value.

The team was able to run their design through simulations and said that it offered a 36 percent improvement over a stationary panel.

Front - crash prevention systems, better headlights and SUV design improvements are ways automakers can contribute to reducing pedestrian deaths, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said.

However, on top of any potential carbon savings from moving from designed to built performance, the improvements on the 2006 standard would they say be:

Caltech's John Dabiri, who leads the research, said that despite improvements in the design of conventional propeller - type wind turbines, wind - farms remain inefficient.

the Government says that drafting improvements have been made to make sure that where schemes fall within an exemption under other regulations, they are not inadvertently brought back into the master trust regime by the «cluster scheme» provisions, ie the rules designed to avoid the master trust authorisation requirements being circumvented by providers operating lots of small schemes in parallel.

I would not go so far as to say this legislation changed the insurance sector, but it did play a relevant role in the improvement of life insurance products specifically designed to be used as collateral in home loans.

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, said that the company already has a working prototype, but the device needs some improvement related to mechanical design.

Now I'll be the first person to say that after years of improvements to mobile operating systems, we've gotten to a point where UIs are properly designed for touch - based navigation.

That's not to say there aren't notable design improvements on - board.

The original Gear Fit was a cool product but ultimately flawed in a number of ways, while the Gear Fit2 shows some incredible design and implementation improvements on Samsung's part to say the least.

There are already rumors for the Echo 2, with reports saying it'll have improvements and optimizations in both the sound and design department.