Sentences with phrase «substantial focus on»

Android M will have a substantial focus on Google's Android Auto software, and that the functionality may be equipped into upcoming cars as standard, without the need to even plug in a phone.

Paul Stockman has a broad - based complex trial and appellate litigation practice, with substantial focus on the litigation, trial and appeal of insurance coverage disputes in a variety of fora.

One evident gap I've noted off and on is the lack of a substantial focus on how humans perceive and respond to long - term and uncertainty - laden environmental risks.

New inHarlem initiatives for 2018 will include a substantial focus on the Museum's unparalleled permanent collection.

This past January, Facebook overhauled how it ranks what shows up in a person's News Feed to put a more substantial focus on friends and family.

Other ways school culture reflects Meaningful Student Involvement include, but are not limited to, educators maintaining a substantial focus on student involvement even when students appear to be disinterested; gradual or radical shifts in student - adult relationships to reflect higher perceptions of students and the elements of Student / Adult Partnerships introduced earlier in this book; and visually observable aspects, including relaxed conversations among students and adults about education and school improvement; verbal and written reflection shared among students and adults; and rituals reflecting Meaningful Student Involvement, including committee participation, Non-Violent Communication between students and adults; and student orientation programs led by students and adults.

There is substantial focus on survivorship and addressing the overall aspects of a your psychological and physical wellbeing.

«I am pleased the report has picked up on a substantial focus on closing the attainment gap in Wales thanks to the Pupil Deprivation Grant.

Eligible activities will include an activity that: contributes to the development of creative skills or expertise in artistic or cultural activities; provides a substantial focus on wilderness and the natural environment; helps children develop and use particular intellectual skills; includes structured interaction among children where supervisors teach or help children develop interpersonal skills; or provides enrichment or tutoring in academic subjects.

The federal government has positioned Budget 2018 as having a substantial focus on women, and the role of gender in the economy.

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Above all else, if we focused on getting just a little better than the day before, over time the results would be substantial.

More than a fifth of them are focused on solving a problem, or meeting a substantial unmet need, in the healthcare realm.

In a separate report focusing on larger integrated oil companies, Moody's came to a similar conclusion — that the substantial improvement in the financial position of the oil industry over the past year is poised to slow down.

A focus on conversions over social metrics — Content marketing has created substantial exposure for CB Insights on social media.

«There's a substantial advantage for a brand when consumers focus on it in isolation from its competitors,» says Cialdini.

Add to that a substantial corporate reorganization at the top, which included both promoting some long - term Husky insiders, but also bringing on - board five new senior VPs with deep oilpatch experience (including John Myer, now Husky's senior vice-president of oilsands, from Suncor Energy, and Rob Symonds, Husky's senior vice-president of Western Canada productions, from Enerplus Resources Fund), and Ghosh was ready to focus on crafting the new Husky story.

Firms also had to have a focus on financial and retirement planning; institutional clients do not make up a substantial portion of their businesses.

«Our performance reflects the strength of an organization that is focused on delivering against its financial commitments while also making substantial structural and cultural changes.»

Most people focus on Warren Buffett's stock - picking talent, but he also has a substantial amount of money invested in bonds, reports CNBC.

While recent technological innovations have focused on user - to - user connectivity and harvesting the associated network effects, the next wave is likely to be driven by machine - to - machine connectivity, and that will require substantial capital investments.

Although expectancy research has focused on U.S. populations, there are substantial cultural differences in the effects drinkers expect / experience, extending even to symptoms of alcohol dependence (Room et al., 1996).

Without a substantial gain / loss from trading operations, Wells Fargo is able to focus on growing a more sustainable core business.

For this purpose, I will focus on the exchange traded fund managers who have gained a following among Israeli investors, on the investment indices that have won investors» trust, and on the local institutions that have chosen to assign substantial weight to exchange traded funds in the funds managed by them.

Management said on the earnings call and in the release that its focus in 2018 — and over the long term — is cash flows, not oil and gas volumes, and intends to use 2018 and 2019 to «target substantial growth in cash flow along with a reduction in net debt: EBITDAX [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and exploration] to approximately 2.5 times.»

Individual investors — or the handful of advisors, such as your grandfather's firm, who are granted substantial autonomy by their clients whose focus is on building wealth — who aspire to long - term success can not afford the luxury of impatience (though they usually think the opposite is true).

As always, our focus remains on seeking to exploit the market's short - term mindset and to buy businesses trading at a substantial discount to our assessment of their long - term intrinsic value.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

Using our laptops and a wifi connection as our only materials, this class will focus on the alchemical recuperation of aimless surfing into substantial works of literature.

Our discussion so far, though severely limited by its focus on the Reformed family, gives evidence that substantial ecumenical progress has been made over recent decades.

The results enable manufacturers to focus on the attributes that are important to consumers in the category, while saving a substantial amount of time, cost, and effort.

The following articles are focussed predominantly on economic issues, such as market definition, market power and substantial lessening of competition; many other papers also discuss economic issues - see the main reading room for more resources.

The latest The State of Competitionis out now - the focus is SLC:»... rather than our usual «year in review», this year we're finishing up with a reflective piece on just what the substantial lessening of competition test involves.

With a focus on sustainable viticulture practices, responsible vineyard and natural resource management, and unparalleled winemaking, the family's collection comprises more than 50 renowned brands, with substantial winery and vineyard holdings throughout the premier wine - growing regions of California, Oregon, Bordeaux, Tuscany, Australia, Chile and South Africa.

But Bruce has urged everyone to move on and focus on getting straight back down to business, and that includes supporters who feel they've been short - changed by Bent's move despite the club receiving a substantial fee in return for Bent's services.

Boys» costumes, on the other hand, usually cover most of their bodies (plus add on substantial fake muscles, which is another worthwhile topic to explore) and focus on being cool rather than being cute.

Jones has focused on turning out African - Americans, who comprise a substantial portion of the Democratic base.

The Tories should be above personality politics and focus on the substantial.

«We need to figure out, with the substantial resources the MTA has right now, how to focus on New York City subways,» de Blasio told WCBS Radio on Wednesday.

We agree to announce in the first Budget a substantial increase in the personal allowance from April 2011, with the benefits focused on those with lower and middle incomes.

«Despite a substantial focus placed on Riverhead businesses, Southold town has been the only town that has contributed to the organization's annual expenses,» he said.

De Blasio's focus on national issues just 17 months into his tenure has brought him substantial national press attention and appears to be having some influence on the state level.

«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line with a number of Conference proposals, including: pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»

Known for small classes and a focus on undergraduate education, most such colleges also require — from their younger, newer faculty members, at least — substantial research activity.

«Though we focused on aspiring professionals who played as much as nine hours a week, playing soccer for three hours a week might be enough for a substantial effect.

«Although TEC primarily focuses on public service innovation, anyone including private corporations, individuals, and interested groups may submit innovative proposals to us with a view to bringing substantial improvement in the delivery of public service,» said Wesley Wong, Manager of TEC Unit.

Her team also analyzed the type of research that NIH funded, but found no substantial relationship between whether the grant focused on basic or applied science and its likelihood to be cited by a patent.

Despite legalization's substantial disruption to their industry, these businesses continued with their original identity focused on therapy and the patients, said Hsu.

AMP T2D focuses on type 2 diabetes genetics, seeking to use and supplement the substantial amount of human genetic data available from people with type 2 diabetes, or at risk of developing it, to identify and validate novel molecules and pathways as targets for therapeutic development.

«This new data indicate that latency is far from an accident — it is encoded in the virus's circuitry and is an evolutionarily advantageous strategy, likely increasing the odds of infection by a substantial amount,» Leor Weinberger, a coauthor and researcher at the Gladstone Institutes, a nonprofit focused on biomedical research, said in a statement.

Her current focus is on the effects of anthropogenic sound on the physiology and behavior of fish, substantial contributions to the field on barotrauma (tissue damage) response assessment of fish from pile driving, navy sonar, and tidal turbine noise.