Sentences with phrase «size reductions after»

«There is good evidence that size reductions after mass extinctions may have occurred in many groups of organisms,» says Berv.

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Shares in iron ore hopeful Sundance Resources were stripped of half their value after the company announced an aggressive cost reduction strategy that includes job cuts and a reduction in board size and remuneration.

It would cut more than $ 2 billion in grants for teacher training and class - size reduction and would reduce after - school grants from $ 1.2 billion to $ 1 billion.

The authors conclude that after the expected reduction in the size of the Commons and the Boundary changes it will be extremely difficult for Labour to become the largest party let alone a majority — unless the Conservative vote collapses and there is a massive revival of Labour in Scotland.

The study, recently published in the journal Resuscitation, found that patients discharged in «good neurological condition» after a brief cardiac arrest (when the heart suddenly stops beating normally and can not pump blood effectively) had significant memory problems and a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in size of their brain's memory region, the hippocampus.

Symbols and lettering should be large enough to be legible after reduction [a reduced size of about 7 points (2 mm) high, and not smaller than 5 points].

After exercising for six weeks, both obese and lean mice showed a significant reduction in the overall size of fat cells and the overall amount fat in the marrow.

However, even after accounting for factors such as age, education and gender, those who had held grimmer views on aging decades earlier experienced significantly greater size reductions than more - optimistic respondents, the researchers found.

After seven weeks, both groups had a big reduction in heart disease risk (reduced LDL cholesterol, triglycerides and increases in LDL particle size — good).

They had agreed to a $ 7.5 billion increase — the largest one - year investment in history — that would have allocated $ 1.75 billion for class size reduction and doubled funding for after - school programs.

After congratulating the nation for working to amass current successes — including financial aid options that have «finally opened the doors of college to all Americans,» state - developed academic standards, the creation of a voluntary national test, technology in the schools, and an emphasis on class - size reduction — Clinton outlined his proposal to drive public education into the 21st century.

Some of the biggest axes would fall on a $ 2.3 billion program for teacher training and class - size reduction, and a $ 1.2 billion after - school program, which serves nearly 2 million children, many of them poor.

Gone, for example, would be $ 1.2 billion for after school programs that serve 1.6 million children, most of whom are poor, and $ 2.1 billion for teacher training and class - size reduction.

The hope is that in addition to saving educator jobs, such efforts will address the ballooning class sizes, shortened school days, and reduction of after - school activities that many districts are facing this school year as a result of state budget shortfalls.

Simply force - hiring more teachers isn't going to improve outcomes, and it will reinforce the «good money after bad» mantra about public education when the results of class size reduction aren't as significant as expected.

The new budget proposes about $ 4 billion in cuts to programs like literacy for students with disabilities and limited English proficiency, class - size reduction, and after - school and summer programs.

Yet here in New York City, our youngest students are suffering from the largest classes in 13 years, despite the fact that surveys show that class size reduction is the top priority of parents, year after year.

In the five largest school districts other than Los Angeles, namely San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach, Oakland and Fresno, researchers found that class size reduction raised the proportion of third graders who exceeded the national median by 10.5 percent in math, and 8.4 percent in reading, after controlling for all other factors.

After another reduction in the size of the air restrictors for the 2009 season (as mandated by governing body of world motor sport), the engine now delivers around 450 bhp (331 kW) at 7,800 rpm, and develops a maximum torque of 430 Nm at 7,250 rpm.

It has also been confirmed that the screen size of the samples is 7.85 inch which adds credibility go the rumors which stated a reduction in screen size might in fact be true after all.

After a major specs leak and a photo teaser tweeted by CEO Michael Tamblyn himself, Rakuten Kobo has announced the Kobo Aura One, a giant «book - size» premium e-reader priced at $ 250 with new features including a waterproof IPX8 rating and auto blue light reduction for evening use.

The immediate reaction was to sell higher risk assets after Obama called for a reduction in the size and trading activities of financial institutions.

Note: Our fees are in the neighbourhood of other F - series funds — our average fee for a household is 1 % all - in (after reductions based on portfolio size and loyalty).

Such a system would be similar to the workers» compensation system, which is extremely costly and the costs have not been relieved by the recent reductions in benefits.11 o o Duke Law professor Neil Vidmar recently testified that no matter the size of the claim, «medical malpractice cases involve complex issues that can only be sorted out after considerable investigation and discovery.