Sentences with phrase «small improvements in»

«It doesn't make sense to spend thousands of dollars to get small improvements in efficiency,» says O'Neal.

Jobs First generated some small improvements in the behavior of participants» young children but had mixed effects on adolescent children.

At the same time, although dramatic improvements in standardized scores have been observed in only a subset of children to date, it is important to note that even small improvements in standardized outcomes may translate into large, meaningful improvements in quality of life for children and their families.

Small improvements in this system will allow us to do ground - breaking things: micro-target ads to specific consumers, offer nuanced payment systems for royalty, referral and affiliate programs, and eliminating counterfeiting through blockchain's ability to immutably record content and meta data.

Small improvements in this system will allow us to do ground - breaking things: micro-target ads to specific consumers, offer nuanced payment systems for royalty, referral and affiliate programs, and eliminating counterfeiting through blockchain's ability to immutably record content and meta data,» notes Cat Song, New Dawn Fund CIO and ExsulCoin co-founder.

While small improvements in their individual capacity, these contribute towards the maturity of the OS.

You will probably find that small increases in your premiums can dramatically affect policy coverage limits so don't expect to have a huge increase in your payments for small improvements in the limits of your policy.

Even small improvements in air quality can achieve benefits for human health and wellbeing.

GG: I'm constantly making small improvements in response to user feedback.

Even small improvements in hygiene can have a big impact.

I guess politically it is important to ramp up the certainty a little bit each time a report is released, and that is perhaps validated by the continuing warmth (on top of the 1920 - 40 warmth) and / or small improvements in levels of understanding of some of the known forcings.

First, the challengers claim that the «best system of emission reduction» — a key statutory term — can mean nothing more than making minimal carbon pollution reductions through small improvements in generating efficiency at individual power plants.

Because compliant employees make up the largest portion of any team, even small improvements in their performance can produce enormous results for a store.

Ash continues her work with animals in our personal lives as well, and while I make small improvements in my own way, my time is often taken up by my freelance web design business and my many side projects (like creating websites for animal groups such as this one).

Even small improvements in credit scores can translate into savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of these loans.

It makes sense to me that these very small improvements in character placement — combined with updates in word spacing, the addition of hyphenation and drop caps to emphasize the first word of a chapter — will add up to better readability for the Kindle 3.

Look closely and you'll also see that the light splays across the screen more uniformly, though it's still not absolutely perfect, leaving room for some small improvements in the next model.

Another news, according to sources is that HTC has made small improvements in the sense technology that will offer a «desktop feel».

«According to our research, even small improvements in a school or district's truancy reduction efforts - such as phone calls and meetings with guardians - pay dividends in increased attendance.»

Even small improvements in young people's GCSE qualifications yield significant increases in their lifetime productivity returns and in national wealth — highlighting the importance of continuing to focus on improving results for currently low - attaining pupils.

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes.

Eric Hanushek, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, presented research showing how small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impact on a nation's economy.

I believe improvements in teacher evaluation systems will make either only small improvements in student achievement in some places or harm it in others.

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being.

In particular, since 2001 (that is, since NCLB was passed), there have been sizable gains in NAEP 4th - and 8th - grade math tests, small improvements in 4th - and 8th - grade reading tests, and very little change in 12th - grade scores.

There have been some small improvements in the way the game handles, with the melee combat now at least enabling you to connect with your target most of the time.

Chickpeas may influence fatty acid and fiber intake in an ad libitum diet, leading to small improvements in serum lipid profile and glycemic control.

Improve blood pressure: Even making small improvements in vitamin D status can greatly reduce hypertension risk.

There were small improvements in strength, aerobic, and anaerobic capacity in both groups.

One study — albeit a small one — found that drinking tart cherry juice resulted in small improvements in sleep duration and quality in adults who suffered from chronic insomnia.

The study was just eight weeks long and small, but they've already found small improvements in resting and recovery heart rate — two preliminary measures of heart health.

BACKGROUND: Cholinesterase inhibitors produce small improvements in cognitive and global assessments in Alzheimer's disease.

This was an uncontrolled and open study, and so it is difficult to know how much significance we should place on the small improvements in neuropsychological test scores observed in the mild cognitive impairment participants who underwent the training.

However, even small improvements in their relatively low living standards will have negative environmental consequences.

Schizophrenia is estimated to cost # 13.1 billion per year in total in the UK, so even small improvements in cognitive functions could help patients make the transition to independent living and working and could therefore substantially reduce direct and indirect costs, besides improving the wellbeing and health of patients.

Key concepts that were not considered in this study include the economic and health effects of cool pavements, and potential emissions savings from vehicle - road interactions (for example, smoother roads may translate to small improvements in fuel efficiency).

«Small improvements in their fitness level are enough.

Given the importance of fuel costs in both the economics of the airline industry and that sector's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, even small improvements in fuel efficiency could have a significant impact.

In a 2016 meta - analysis of six studies involving individuals over the age of 60, participants showed small improvements in balance and moderate mobility gains after going through postural yoga programs.

«Clearly we would not advocate giving expensive gifts for small improvements in behaviour and obviously not to pupils who have behaved badly, on the contrary we fully back teachers in taking swift and firm action against trouble makers,» he continued.

Since the Oakdale girls» water polo program started 12 years ago, the players and coaches have worked to make small improvements in order to gradually become an established playoff contender.

The group who fasted lost muscle, the group who had sugar gained fat and the whole milk group saw small improvements in building muscle.

The president also says he is open to supporting legislation that would make small improvements in the national gun background check system.

A 2010 study at the University of Texas at Austin found that small improvements in data quality, usability and accessibility can increase a company's annual sales per employee more than 14 percent.

There was a small improvement in self - reported medication adherence by the test group — those who downloaded and used the app — compared to the control group — those who didn't get the app.

And even a small improvement in your score can have an impact on your monthly payment and save you thousands of dollars over the course of your loan.

«We can not rule out that a fraction of our patients who met these criteria might have benefitted from delayed stent placement, especially because we found a small improvement in heart - muscle function 18 months after treatment among patients who underwent deferred stenting,» Kelbaek said.

So even a small improvement in the accuracy of a forecast could save millions of dollars annually for industries like shipping, utilities, construction and agribusiness.

Some patients saw a small improvement in their symptoms, though this improvement was larger in patients with relapsing MS, compared to patients with the progressive form.

The targeted anti-cancer drug erlotinib (Tarceva ®) has also demonstrated a small improvement in advanced pancreatic cancer survival when used in combination with gemcitabine.