Sentences with phrase «sustained work periods»

Research has shown that sustained work periods longer than 12 hours, often involving sleep loss and fatigue can reduce levels of substances called catecholamines (such as dopamine and norepinephrine), leading to stress, anxiety, mood deterioration, and decreased performance.

Not exact matches

It is the intensity, work ethic and determination that enables sustained effort over a long period of time.

A colleague of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last year in which he concluded that, because of the extreme degree of public pension underfunding, a 10 % decline in the stock market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.

But if we do want to have periods of sustained pressure in the bigger clashes, I don't think it works.

Sherwood's style of management may have been in enough to produce a turnaround in fortunes, but it is clearly evident that it can't work for a sustained period.

«Developing an ability to work intently on important problems over long periods of time is crucial, but one also needs to sustain one's «spirit» along the way,» she says.

Andrew Tsin, an expert in retinal neurobiology, «worked tirelessly, one - on - one, with research trainees in his lab, sustained over a period of more than 30 years.»

Though there are some who claim a no - carb diet works wonders, that kind of diet can only be sustained for a brief period of time.

But this is not the end of the debate because other experts are of the opinion that exercising for short bursts of high intensity followed by short bursts of low intensity such as sprinting for a certain distance, and then gently jogging whist your heart slows down and then sprinting again, is a better way of exercising the heart simply because for a short period your heart has to work a lot harder than it could for a sustained time such as 30 minutes.

This works through sustaining ghrelin, a usual hormone that signals appetite, this alone would keep your abdominal filling fuller for a protracted period of time.

I took some time off, but not a sustained period of total rest - maybe a period of 6 weeks with, say, lower intensity work with less frequency (2 to 3 times a week at most).

If the genre elements sustain the work as a whole, the plot suffers from the meandering quality that frequently plagues late period Allen work.

The focus of the project was to further develop the concept of a language challenge, in which teachers, students and businesses worked together not for a day, but over a sustained period of time.

We also found, after working with teachers in England, that these gains in achievement could be sustained over extended periods of time.

By contrast, top - down efforts that don't involve close work over sustained periods of time with the communities in question over time are doomed to fail, as the state's own experience shows, Mr. Sciarra argued.

Instead, he said that what works for such troubled schools is intensely local efforts over a sustained period involving a variety of community stakeholders, such as institutes of higher education, parents, and school boards.

For example, it might be that high - value - added teachers work in particularly effective schools, and that students who attend these schools for sustained periods see not only high initial test scores but also favorable long - term effects.

I recognize the latter is a difficult subject to approach but it negatively impacts collectively working together with any form of consistency over a sustain period.

«We significantly strengthened our holdings across all collecting areas this year, demonstrating a sustained commitment to a diverse collection representative of a wide range of artistic media and periods, with particular emphasis on work by Southern artists,» said Rand Suffolk, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., director of the High Museum of Art.

During this period, Wilke embarked on a sustained engagement with and against the work of Duchamp.

Farthing's own works are driven by a sustained period of looking.

The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.

Organized by LACMA and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, «Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea» features installations, sculptures, videos, computer animations, and Web - based work by artists born in South Korea between 1957 and 1972 and raised during a period of sustained political upheaval.

My formula works for any time period in the past near million years, your formula changes per period and doesn't hold for long periods of sustained high / low temperatures (ice ages / interglacials, even the MWP / LIA), because you have no limit in time... Thus simply said: your formula is wrong.

Gore had conceded that the respondent's mother had sustained an economic loss for the period she was not able to work as she was caring for her son.

If a person sustains a traumatic brain injury and is unable to read for a long period of time and that was both a work and leisure activity, it is going to have a different impact on them than someone who did work with their hands and enjoyed watching TV as a prime leisure activity.

Some patients can sustain permanent injuries that require lifelong medical care, while others may be unable to work for an extended period of time.

Additionally, many speeding accident victims sustain lasting physical injuries, are unable to work for extended periods of time, and incur significant medical expenses.

Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira # 35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...

If the travel was simply going to continue his or her life on Mars and had some means of surviving that plausible might work for a sustained period of time, then it would be far less problematic.

• Uncommon ability to work for long periods of time, requiring sustained physical activity and intense concentration.

Required Qualifications * Must be at least 16 years of age * Licensure requirements vary by state * Attention and Focus o The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted * Customer Service Orientation o Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner o Notice and understand customers» reactions, and respond appropriately * Communication Skills o Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues o Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times * Mathematical Reasoning o The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription * Problem Resolution o Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately * Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication * Visual Acuity: o The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts * Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and / or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting * Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician * PTCB National Certification Education * High School diploma or equivalent (preferred) Business Overview CVS Health, through our unmatched breadth of service offerings, is transforming the delivery of health care services in the U.S..

Unlike virtually all face - to - face training programmes, online training for counsellors very rarely offers students the opportunity to work with multiple real live clients for a sustained period of months.

[ANONYMOUS LISTSERVE COMMENT]: «I haven't seen any research on this... However, in 20 + years of experience working with divorced families, I have no doubt that fathers who were pretty hands - off during the marriage become much more active and involved during the divorce and that, fortunately, many of them sustain this involvement in the post-divorce period... cynical dads who are concerned with punishing their ex, using the children as a bargaining chip, or reducing their exposure to child support [are unlikely] to convincingly and consistently sustain such playacting for any period of time.»

I have found this method of working with couples to be far more effective in achieving immediate, sustained, positive change than the more common practice of meeting for a one - hour therapy session, on a weekly basis, over a long period of time.