Sentences with phrase «through simple measures»

In Baltimore, Maryland, the city's Sustainability Office launched a Neighborhood Energy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced water use.

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DJUBS Commodity — The Dow Jones - UBS Commodity IndexSM (DJ - UBSCISM) is a broadly diversified index that allows investors to track commodity futures through a single, simple measure.

By introducing simple measures, such as audio description, tactile displays and through harnessing the power of IT, art and cultural venues would make an important contribution towards promoting inclusion and equality for disabled people.

A 2017 British Journal of Psychiatry study urged health care practitioners to assess mental illness not just with formal measures but also through simple observation.

Since each programmer had different goals, measuring the overall effectiveness of the app was difficult, Evans says, but subjectively, he and his colleagues felt the simple act of observing their behavior through the app led them to change in ways that helped them meet their work goals.

Looking for a simpler way, the researchers realized that they could custom - design waveguides to mimic the properties of metamaterials, specifically the gradient of the material's refractive index, a measure of the speed at which light passes through.

The most common way people measure ketones is through the urine (acetoacetate) with simple ketone strips.

It's as simple as unifying pieces within your wardrobe through a commonality, from the overt (checkerboard pumps) to the covert (sweater texture) and adding statement making studded purse, for good measure.

The back story of those six gleaming panels goes like this: In 2008, as part of a University - wide pledge sponsored by the Harvard Office for Sustainability, 45 percent of the HGSE community took a vow to improve the environment — both on - and off - campus — through simple, everyday measures, such as shutting off lights, hanging wet laundry, recycling, and even forgoing paper napkins.

A simple measure of success in achieving this goal is available through PISA.

Teaching points that are covered in the topic are listed below: Understand that it is important to be able to grow plants well because they provide food and other items for us To know that all food chains begin with a green plant To understand the function of the parts of a plant To understand that plants need leaves in order to grow well To plan an appropriate investigation To make careful observations and measurements of plants growing To use simple apparatus to measure the height of plants in standard measures To use results to draw conclusions and provide explanations To know that water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant To know that that plants need light for healthy growth To know that plants need water, but not unlimited water, for healthy growth To know that temperature can affect the growth of plants To ask questions about the growth of plants To plan a fair test To write a clear conclusion

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Usually, heating is the largest and most expensive energy user in schools, and savings in this area can have a positive impact on energy bills even through introducing simple low - cost measures.

Today's enthusiastic embrace of data has waltzed us directly from a petulant resistance to performance measures to a reflexive and unsophisticated reliance on a few simple metrics — namely graduation rates, expenditures, and the reading and math test scores of students in grades 3 through 8.

«They are web - based and interactive, providing visibility into key measures through simple graphics such as charts and tables.»

Through the year children count, sort, pattern, solve simple story problems, measure, and work with shapes in different contexts.

Our website, however, is a simple listing of titles lawfully published and made available through established publishers and distributors... It is not our position to censor this listing beyond the existing measures we take to exclude self - published books that may potentially be offensive.»

Taking preventative measures through a simple once - a-month treatment brings peace of mind to owners by maintaining a consistent, protective dose of medication.

In advanced cases of CKD, anemia - measured through a simple in - office PCV test - is a quite accurate measure of the advance of CKD.

Please remember that most toxicities in our pets can be avoided through simple precautionary measures.

Since many of the diseases on the above list are transmitted through contact with your cat's feces, several measures can be taken to ensure that you remain safe, and most involve simple hygiene and common sense.

We are actively collaborating with veterinarians to share information about CIV and the importance of prevention through vaccination, as well as sharing simple precautionary measures pet owners can take to help protect the health of their animals.»

Yes, it's a complex system, but in terms of the ability of the ecosphere to support the current stock of living beings, I think the system is pretty simple and can easily be monitored through observations of a single measure: the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Raypierre pointed out that a simple photoelectric cell sensitive to the long - wavelength infrared can be used to measure how much IR gets through a column of gas (attach the output to a voltmeter).

-LRB-...) We are going to use a standard measure which is how much warming would occur if we doubled carbon dioxide, so we are going to go through the math and do a very simple calculation that indicates that we might be screwed.

The obstacles to get to the ice shelf were extreme, but the science goal was simple: to measure how fast the sea was melting the 37 - mile long ice tongue from underneath by drilling through the ice shelf.

• Completed 1200 hours of on - the - job pipe - fitting training and passed «A» class on the pipe fitter's test • Cleaned pipes regularly to minimize the need for maintenance and cost of repairs • Measured, cut and thread pipes to various diameters from 1/2» through 42» pipeline and stock up for emergency repairs and fittings • Performed simple pipe installations using a gas - shielded arc along with welding equipment to weld pipes, plates and structural steel • Cut wall, ceiling and floor openings in order to attach, assemble, weld and solder pipes to structures and fixtures