Sentences with phrase «system level conditions»

If we can lay all blame on supposedly ineffective teaching, then we don't have to address «system level conditions» in causing educational underachievement.

In general, most turnaround efforts have focused on improving individual schools, with less attention paid to changing the school - system level conditions that contributed to the chronic underperformance in the first place.

Not exact matches

While short - term funding costs are rising and financial conditions tightening from very loose levels, corporate - credit spreads suggest no serious economic weakness or financial contagion is stressing the system yet.

It would mean that between the end of the year and around 2019, Tesla could have a level 4 autonomous system enabled in second generation cars — meaning the vehicles can drive themselves without a driver as backup, but not in all conditions or environment.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

It should limit Autopilot's operation only to those conditions, and have a far more effective system to sense, verify, and safely react when the human driver's level of engagement in the driving task is insufficient or when the driver fails to react to warnings.

Thus, they see matter as having evolved toward reason, but then they see the evolution of reason itself as confined purely to the material level — from one material economic system to another which in turn conditions ideology or the superstructure of society.

Low levels of productivity were a direct result of these conditions, but also as a consequence of low levels of organic matter in the soil (between 0.3 and 1 percent), acidity (pH fluctuating between 4.5 and 5) and low biodiversity (only 2 to 7 plant species were found in the agricultural systems and only 1 to 8 species in the forest systems).

Farming in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) gives an opportunity for maximising farming conditions, reducing emissions of nutrients to the aquatic environment, reducing water consumption and for farming with a high level of bio-security.

On the flip side, they also need to develop certain aspects of their aerobic energy system if they want to develop a high level of conditioning.

There's a reasonable case here, particularly in states like Britain or Australia where wage determination and conditions of labour were highly politicised for a long period of time, and the politicisation had deep system wide effects such as the general wage level, return to labour, and a proxy of power stronger than parliamentary votes.

The researchers measured cortisol levels in the participants, both under normal conditions and after the participants had completed a so - called dexamethasone suppression test, which is sensitive to early abnormalities in the stress system.

His team is also looking at how a robotic visual system can build up a picture of its world and adapt to changing conditions, varying light levels or even seasons.

«Models such as this allow us to study the focal system with almost no constraint of time or space, and explore a wide range of environmental conditions with a level of detail that can not be attained in the field.»

The condition results in lower levels of activity in the brain's reward systems, suggesting that these individuals may overeat just to obtain the same level of pleasure from food as those who do not have D2R deficits.

Research such as Alter et al.'s work points to the importance of becoming increasingly more specific about the situations and conditions that engage these distinct systems, which will prove to be essential in understanding how these multiple systems interact at a neural level.

While the connection between Down syndrome — one of the most common genetic conditions — and peripheral nervous system disease has been known for some time, the phenomenon has not been understood at the molecular and cellular level.

For example, knowing that IL - 37 helps to create overall immune system sensitivity could allow researchers to manipulate IL - 37 levels to sensitize the immune system to recognize and target tumor tissue, or desensitize the immune system in auto - immune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis in which the immune system acts over-aggressively toward healthy tissue.

The microbiome did modulate the immune system: the animals grown in germ - free conditions expressed complement genes at lower levels in the skin than control animals.

«[This] study has important global implications, because we know early plants cooled the climate and increased the oxygen level in the Earth's atmosphere,» conditions that supported the expansion of terrestrial animal life, says Tim Lenton, an earth system scientist at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom who was not involved with the work.

This research, performed under controlled conditions in a simple model, will support a systems - level understanding of universal relationships between genotype, environment, and phenotype.

So Greg has been collaborating in Crystal Kelehear's program of sampling toads on a regular basis at several sites, to measure the toad's level of parasite infection as well as their immune - system function, hormone levels, body condition, and so forth.

Drugs that reduce cholesterol levels in the cardiovascular system can strongly benefit people with diabetes or related conditions, but cholesterol in the blood generally can't cross into the brain, and cholesterol metabolism is quite different in the brain, she points out.

Scientists have found that low levels of inflammation in the brain and an overactive immune system can contribute to depression and other mental health conditions as well as the breakdown of brain function, contributing to memory loss, headaches and difficulty concentrating and retaining information.

In test animals, diets high in polyunsaturates from vegetable oils inhibit the ability to learn, especially under conditions of stress; are toxic to the liver; compromise the integrity of the immune system; depress the mental and physical growth of infants; increase levels of uric acid in the blood; cause abnormal fatty acid profiles in the adipose tissues: have been linked to mental decline and chromosomal damage and accelerate aging.

However, even a diet rich in dairy products (even pasture - raised dairy) is not enough to provide sufficient levels of vitamin D. Because of this combined with indoor lifestyles, most Americans are lacking in vitamin D. Low vitamin D levels are linked to numerous health conditions - such as a reduced immune system, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, gut sensitivity, and more recently - even high cholesterol.

Although this cascade of reactions is designed to sustain osmotic balance and blood pressure, chronically elevated levels of renin and aldosterone have significant negative effects on the condition of the circulatory system and may stimulate inflammatory agents within the body.

Natural colon cleansing may provide you with a healthier digestive system, improve your energy levels and prevent some medical conditions from occurring.

«aerobic» activity, with low levels of muscular contraction and incomplete vascular occlusion, increased preload of the heart, and minimal utilization of glycogen stores (and, quite frankly, minimum usage of the ATP / PCr system and little lactate production) is exceedingly UNstressful, particular to conditioned CrossFit athletes.

The simple answer is that hypothalamic amenorrhea is a condition in which your brain (specifically the hypothalamus which is a one of the major control centers) has decided that you're not getting enough energy, or your stress levels are too high to reproduce (or both), so it shuts down your reproductive system.

I do think even high - level CrossFit athletes with high training ages can make improvements in both strength and conditioning simultaneously - my only caveat here is I like to see athletes watching the volume of contractions in their conditioning work relative to their strength work, and also avoiding too much «really uncomfortable» conditioning since I think that has consequences on the nervous system that prevent strength adaptation.

Aerobic energy systems training that allows for a general level of conditioning s the foundation for the other two energy systems.

• Full of probiotics (gut friendly bacteria) • Boosts the immune system • Improve digestion • Rich in B Vitamins • Assists with balancing blood sugar levels • Assists with joint lubrication & rebuilding of connective tissue • Help fight yeast & parasite infections • Improve skin conditions • Increase metabolism • Helps with constipation • Cancer prevention • Reduces kidney stones • Assists with headaches & migraines • Boosts energy • Detoxifies the liver and much more

While many parents report great results with camel milk, recently new information has come to light about cerebral folate deficiency (CFD), a condition of below normal levels of folate in the central nervous system.

One of my favorite strength and conditioning coaches, Mike Robertson, actually just posted an article on the subject of the importance of low - intensity cardio for recovery and how it can help move athletes from the sympathetic system (fight or flight response, stressed out, cortisol - eleveated, catabolic), to the parasympathetic system (calm, collected, low stress levels, anabolic), which helps immensely with recovery efforts.

While protein levels in human milk remain constant at about 11 percent under various conditions, levels of fat and lactose — both essential for the development of the nervous system — vary widely.22 Even the various anti-inflammatory and antibacterial compounds in a mother's milk vary markedly according to her diet.23

Technology can't solve all those problems — deciding what weight to assign to which conditions, for example — but it can surely simplify the managing and tracking of dollars, the amalgamation of amounts from different programs, and the budget challenges that arise at every level of the system.

By socio - economic level, low - income boys tend to drop out earlier from the educational system and enter into the labor market sooner than their wealthier peers even though they face higher unemployment rates, lower income and worse employment conditions (Amarante, 2011; Bucheli, 2006).

More than a decade of research, at Harvard and elsewhere, on accountability, school improvement, and school organization has become «increasingly specific,» he said, «about the conditions that promote high - level learning and performance in educational institutions,» within classrooms and in systems as a whole.

The American Statistical Association concluded recently that teachers account for about 1 per cent to 14 per cent of the variability in test scores, and that the majority of opportunities for quality improvement are found in system - level conditions.4 In other words, most of what explains student achievement is beyond the control of teachers or even schools, and therefore arguing that teachers are the most important factor in improving the quality of education is simply wrong.

Just recently, the American Statistical Association said: «Most VAM studies find that teachers account for about 1 % to 14 % of the variability in test scores, and that the majority of opportunities for quality improvement are found in the system - level conditions.

Achieving those results, however, will require the support of higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state level.

We build the capacity of educational leaders, at every level of the system, to confront inequities and create the conditions necessary for all students to thrive.

These four conditions can easily be mapped to the classroom, a grade level or department, a school, right on up to district systems.

In our work to foster system - wide improvement, we've adapted concepts from this article about the conditions for collaborative inquiry (from the Canadian Education Association) to help us guide improvement at all levels of our system.

Caitlin's observations reflect the complexities and needs of school transformation from a systems level and the critical role the next superintendent has in creating the vision and conditions to facilitate this work toward improved student outcomes.

Each of these proposed rule revisions reflects conditions imposed by Texas's NCLB waiver — that student growth be measured at the individual teacher level, that student performance on state assessments must be included as a measure of student growth, that the student growth component must be weighted 20 percent in a teacher's evaluation, and that TEA ensure that local school districts using locally - developed appraisal systems use student growth at the individual teacher level.

The majority of variability in test scores results from «system - level conditions»; meaning everything affecting a student outside the teacher's control: the child's socio - economic status, parental background, language barriers, medical issues, student mobility, etc..

To make it possible for educators to participate effectively in complex school improvement efforts at the local level, school system leaders must create the conditions that allow that to happen.

The whole system is built around the idea that anyone can make it and therefore we will ensure the highest level of success if we attempt to hold everyone to the same high standards, while largely ignoring the conditions in which they live.