Sentences with phrase «structured approach which»

The Gottman Method is a practical, structured approach which is accessible for couples to learn how to improve their friendship, manage conflict and feel more connected.

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Their structure shows the possibilities other schools can take to approach eSports, which has largely the same structure as traditional sports except that it does not reside in the athletic department.

The final report of the Executive Remuneration Working Group aimed to encourage issuers to take decisions and craft remuneration structures that were right for their own business, thus avoiding the push for homogeneity at UK plc, which the IA's group felt may have led to a one - size - fits - all approach to crafting incentive structures.

Elsewhere, I have indicated how this field - approach to Whiteheadian societies allows for a trinitarian understanding of God in which the three divine persons of traditional Christian doctrine by their dynamic interrelatedness from moment to moment constitute a structured field of activity for the whole of creation.6 Here I would only emphasize that thinking of Whiteheadian societies as aggregates of mini-entities with one entity providing the necessary unity for the entire group is reductively much more impersonal and materialistic than the approach sketched in these pages.

The answer will be divided into three categories: (1) AA's effectiveness in breaking the addictive cycle and producing initial sobriety; (2) its effectiveness in producing long - term sobriety; (3) the extent to which the approach is successful in changing underlying personality - structure, rather than simply controlling symptoms.

Nichols» distinctive approach means his book stands out among works on the rosary, which tend to be devotional in character, and also among works of theology, which tend generally to follow thematic structures.

Either way none of these approaches to knowledge and reality really corresponds to the way in which we actually work, and the way in which reality is structured, as other symposium papers have discussed (Editor: See our September 2006 and May 2008 editorials).

«The truth which the poet utters can be approached only in terms of paradox» (WWU 3); «the common goodness which the poems share will have to be stated... in terms of structure» (WWU 177).

But, if one focuses on the society as a structured field of activity for its constituent actual occasions, then the continuity in the divine being, which is such an important feature of Whitehead's approach to the reality of God as an ever - concrescing actual entity, is likewise present in Hartshorne's scheme.

Upon approach to the location, which I arranged as a «surprise» for my guest, we were both immediately captivated by what was waiting for us: a spectacular structured setup that's wonderfully out - of - place in a seemingly random and unexpected outdoor location.

MyBO was particularly important in areas in which the campaign did not have professional staff, since it gave volunteers the means to create their own local campaign structure — professional field staff could «parachute in» as elections approached and immediately take over a functioning organization.

Water's behavior was tested with three different approaches: ultrafast optical measurements, which revealed the arrangement of molecules on the nanometric scale; a computer simulation on the atomic scale; and measurement of the water's surface structure and tension, which was done at the macroscopic level.

Another approach tries instead to define the three - dimensional structure of proteins, which is fundamental to understand their functions.

The Massachusetts team, led by Peng Yin, a systems biologist at Harvard University's Wyss Institute in Boston, modified the DNA brick approach, which they invented, to make larger, more complex structures.

The approach, which was validated in well - known contexts, can now be used for more reliable protein structure predictions as well as to shed light on the functional implications of structural domains.

Nanorod structures aren't new, but the technique used by Lin's lab produces nanorods of uniform sizes — such as barium titanate and iron oxide, which have not yet been demonstrated via wet - chemistry approaches in the literature — and highly - uniform core - shell nanorods made by combining two dissimilar materials.

Using various microscopic imaging approaches, the scientists found that the unique spatial vision in the scallop is achieved through the mirror's layered structure located at the back of each eye, which is tiled with a mosaic of square - shaped crystals arranged and fine - tuned to reflect wavelengths of light that penetrate its habitat.

A relatively new approach is the focussed electron beam deposition method — FEBID for short — in which the nano - structures can be «written directly» without requiring any pre - or after - treatment.

Life - cycle engineering, of which Frangopol is a recognized pioneer, is an approach to assess the environmental impacts in conjunction with economic impacts that includes a structure's life cycle from its production to its use and its end.

Now, a computer modeling approach, developed by University of Maryland seismologist Vedran Lekic and colleagues at the University of California Berkeley, has produced new seismic wave imagery which reveals that the rising plumes are, in fact, influenced by a pattern of finger - like structures carrying heat deep beneath Earth's oceanic plates.

The American style of studying was more open, more interactive, and involved lots of teamwork, which was a change from the exam - based, structured approach she had been used to in Malaysia.

«Our work demonstrates the versatility of this approach and opens up numerous exciting opportunities for high - yield precision assembly of tailored 3D building blocks in which multiple nanoparticles of different structures and functions can be integrated,» said CFN scientist Ye Tian, one of the lead authors on the paper.

Taking a revolutionary «building blocks» approach, researchers have pioneered a way to create a new class of very large polymer molecules, called macromolecules, which assemble themselves into strong, stable structures.

This approach, in which structure and activity is not linked to a specific protein target, can cause other difficulties and slow the progress of discovery, not least because of the difficulty of assessing relevant toxicity against host mechanisms and the inability to use structure - guided drug - design to drive Medicinal Chemistry progress.

In the new paper, researchers from the groups of David Lane and Sonia Laín (Karolinska Institutet / SciLifeLab) and their collaborators at Uppsala University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and University of Oxford presents a novel approach for determining membrane protein structures, which combines native mass spectrometry with advanced computer simulation.

Used at first to create 2D structures, which were incidentally characterized using the AFM, the approach was quickly expanded to the building of intricate 3D structures and the organization of other species such as nanoparticles and proteins.

Using this approach, we have been able to target and isolate some unusual crystal structures in a predictable fashion, which begins to point towards the ability to generalise these approaches for polymorphic structure targeting in solid - state chemistry.

«Our approaches are going to be useful for predicting structures and even modeling de novo, which we're working on now,» she says.

Another developing approach to increasing crop yields is vertical farming, which is the ability to grow crops indoors in stacked vertical structures, thereby taking up less land.

Using an integrative approach that combined electron microscopy on the Env trimer complex with PGT151 (led by the Ward lab) with the structure of the PGT151 Fab by x-ray crystallography (led by the Wilson lab), the scientists were able to visualize the location of the PGT151 - series binding site on the Env trimer — which includes a spot on one gp41 protein with two associated sugars (glycans), a patch on the gp120 protein and even a piece of the adjacent gp41 within the trimer structure — «a very complex epitope,» said Claudia Blattner, a research associate in the Wilson laboratory at TSRI and member of the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center who, along with graduate student Jeong Hyun Lee, was a first author of the second paper.

This might mean taking a less structured approach to eating or opting for a modified paleo diet instead, which lends a little more flexibility to include some whole grains and legumes.

That being said, there some structured programs which are based on a low - carb approach to weight loss *, such as the Atkins diet.

A quick overview of Craven's early career segues into a brief discussion of the origins of this film and the reaction to The Last House on the Left — a fascinating corollary between the brutal treatment of the Beane clan and the clan's own brutal behaviour reveals the roots of Craven's amazingly scholarly / satirical approach to Hills, a lot of which (the classical structure, the allusions and metaphor) survives in the final product no matter how imperfect the picture.

One of the unique aspects of the TSM, which sets us apart from others who have begun to articulate similar innovation agendas, is our structured approach to providing technical assistance and ongoing support for projects that receive FOI funding, as well as for those whose work with us is funded by other sources.

This alternative approach, which now educates more than 30 percent of public - school kids in 19 cities, requires a new structure in order to work.

BYODD is a structured approach under which schools can set brand, operating system and security specifications.

The combination of applicant priorities, preferences parents expressed for schools, and available spaces resulted in a complex structure with 150 different lotteries, which required a complex analytic approach to measure voucher effects that is described in study reports.

The approach is very sustainable because we are re-using an existing building structure — which is still in perfect condition, and at the same time we can reduce lead times and carbon emissions.

For example,» improving history essay structure for EAL pupils through targeted use of formative feedback» rather than simply «improving assessment for learning» leads to more focused professional learning, which makes it easier for the participant to evaluate and refine their approach.

The K - 2 Skills Block uses a structured phonics approach, grounded in the Phase Theory of Dr. Linnea Ehri, which describes behaviors related to the types of letter - sound connections students are able to make as they learn to read and write.

A worksheet which has questions about the witches and their importance in each of the scenes in which they appear This is great for a step by step approach to the supernatural and can be used to structure an essay type question.

Conclusions Children who entered first grade with the weakest knowledge of the alphabet, phonemic awareness, and other early literacy foundations were most likely to be on - grade - level readers at the end of first grade if they were in a reading group which had a structured phonics format until February and in which a «no nonsense» approach to discipline was taken.

Our 23 - strong Research Schools Network (which includes schools in all 12 Opportunity Areas) and our two Campaigns (promoting primary - age literacy and better deployment of teaching assistants) both provide targeted and structured approaches to disseminate evidence and support teachers.

The structure, which Schools Week has learned involves four sub-regional improvement boards in each regional schools commissioner area, gives a clue to what education secretary Justine Greening (pictured) had in mind when she said this week the government would move away from a «purely punitive intervention approach».

The parents who oppose Ms. Garg say the changes are unfortunate but result from various factors: gentrification; a few well - connected Upper West Siders talking up the school; and the spread in East Harlem of charter schools, which appeal to many poor families because of their structured approach and high test scores.

A successful school turnaround requires a systems approach with coherent guidance and support from the state and district to complement the actions of the school; and A successful school turnaround is more than the initial jolt of bold changes in structure, authority, and personnel; it includes phases in which effective practices and processes are routinized and sustained.

Demonstrate how the project approach follows these guidelines, providing a structure for classrooms which focuses teachers on children's learning.

In Data - Driven High School Reform, Lachat writes, «Putting student learning at the center of school accountability requires the capacity to assess and use data to monitor student performance and to evaluate the extent to which new structures and approaches to curriculum, instruction and assessment result in higher levels of achievement» (2001).

This strategically designed program, which meets twice a week for an hour and a half, offers children in preschool and kindergarten a structured literacy approach to help improve alphabet knowledge, pre-reading skills and phonemic awareness; and are taught by teachers trained in Orton - Gillingham methodology.

The shift from accountability and compliance to leadership for innovation and excellence places new demands on community, state, and federal systems and organizations which recognize that many existing structures, approaches and tools are not always suited to fostering and supporting new leaders.