Sentences with phrase «used by large groups»

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Steal a page from large competitors» business plans and you could boost revenues by hosting book - related events and reading groups, or launching a used - book Web site.

Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

Statements and letters that are endorsed by large groups of institutional investors are used to underscore the importance of an issue or to flag a specific action investors are requesting from a company or sector.

As sensors become smaller and easier to use, Dexcom and its competitors are betting that the systems will be adopted by the much larger group of people with Type 2 diabetes, which is typically controlled with medications, diet and exercise.

During a press conference today in Beijing, Alibaba Group President of China Retail Marketplaces Jeff Zhang said the company hopes to use the 11.11 festival — the largest online shopping sale in the world — to encourage brands and retailers make the transition from traditional to omnichannel retailing by combining the strengths of the online and offline shopping experiences.

The real danger comes from a much larger group of persons who believe that Notre Dame can strive for ever - higher standards of academic excellence — and use the same criteria of excellence by which the best secular universities in the land are judged to be excellent — without forfeiting the Catholic character of the University.

In an industry making such large profits by using a public resource, the industry «s attempts to prove how public - spirited they are provide excellent leverage for moral jujitsu on the part of public - interest groups, including the churches.

By the way, the recipe that I based my one off also uses garbanzo beans (chickpeas), which is a great way to stretch the meat further if you are cooking for a large group.

In response to increasing public exposure of factory farming, Rivalea piggery, Australia's largest piggery, announces it will end all use of sow stalls by 2017 with already 2 / 3rds of their sows now kept in group housing.

Also, the voting panel seems to often change significantly (it used to be a much larger group) all this depending on the organization's whims, and some fighters are removed / inserted somewhat arbitrarily by the UFC.

The nation's largest professional organization for lactation professionals, the International Lactation Consultant Association, has become so alarmed by growing numbers of parents using Ezzo's «infant management program» with poor results that, at its recent international conference in July, the group offered a presentation to a standing - room - only audience on how to deal with «rigid approaches to care giving» in the clients that they see.

Ironically, Lewis's skepticism is inspired in part by the science fiction of Isaac Asimov, whose Foundation novels center on researchers who use advanced social science to predict the future, based on the behavior of large groups.

Wang's research group designed a five - metal catalyst based on these high - entropy - alloy nanoparticles and demonstrated superior catalytic performance for selective oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen oxide, a reaction used by the chemical industry to produce nitric acid, an important chemical in the large - scale production of fertilizers and other products.

Future work by the group will focus on testing the effectiveness of CAST training in a larger sample using neurophysiological measures to examine how the training affects brain systems.

A research group led by Anne Dutrey from the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Bordeaux, France and CNRS used the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe the distribution of dust and gas in a multiple - star system called GG Tau - A [1].

Kettlebell moves integrate the use of a momentum, which requires a greater engagement of both your large and small muscle groups by performing fast - paced, compound movements that will challenge both your muscles and your cardiovascular system so you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time.

Used by top level trainers and professional athletes alike, the RMT ® Rope is a key training tool that helps integrate your entire body and enhance communication between your large and small muscle groups, tendons, and connective tissue.

This is where isolation lifts are used to exercise the smaller muscles towards the end of a workout, after the larger muscle groups have already been fatigued by compound exercises.

Chatting is not limited to person to person messaging, it can also be used by a group of people and talk with a larger audience.

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

13, was impressed by how Sommers used student — student and student — teacher feedback sessions to bring the experience of an intimate workshop to a larger group.

This enables the cards to be used individually by students, in pairs or in larger groups dpending on how the cards are used.

Using this rapid cycle of design - test - iterate, an idea is developed by a group of experts and key stakeholders, piloted in a real world setting, refined, and tested again with a larger group, thereby creating an accelerated method to prepare for scale up at a population level.

Hashtags are sometimes referred to as channels and they are used at large events, by organisations and by groups with the same interests, online.

«What's really interesting is the way that they would then operationalise that — the groups would be working on these different ways and the teacher might then differentiate by going to a group of highly able students and saying «one of these methods involves completing the trapezium into a triangle, and using the properties of similar triangles to subtract the area of the smaller triangle off the area of the larger triangle.

Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long - term bond issues by school districts.

Advantages Allows students to think for themselves without being influenced by others Individual thoughts can then be shared in large group Disadvantages Can be used only for short period of time

These same advances can also be used by misguided individuals and groups to cause harm and to serve destructive purposes, of proportionately large scale and impact.

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The rollout program is the first large - scale, regular use of the new engine oil made by AGRO Management Group of Colorado Springs.

Over the past thirty years the Berman Auto Group has grown to become one of the largest retailers in the Midwest by using a pricing formula based on the current market conditions.

Beneath that handsome exterior is a new Modular Standard Platform (MSB) has been developed by Porsche for use here in the Panamera, as well as in other VW Group premium large cars — think future Bentley Continental GT.

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«As use of our MyiLibrary solution grows, our ongoing development of the platform continues to be driven in a large part by industry growth and direct library and patron feedback,» said Dan Sheehan, Vice President and General Manager, Ingram Content Group library services.

The building used to be a Christian Science church and now houses one of the largest digital archives in the world, and is staffed by a group of committed people working to keep the internet free and open.

, by George Hallowell and Joan Holub, students can compare and contrast Jenny's and Katie's journeys on the Oregon Trail with the use of Venn diagrams, either individually or in small or large groups, and then discuss the results.

With this new technology, the data collected can be analyzed using a system powered by Cloudera; results can be collated individually and also as part of larger anonymous groups containing multiple patients.

«DAISY offers versatility by providing navigation that goes well beyond the plain text navigation used in the first electronic books for the blind,» says the National Federation of the Blind, the nation's largest advocacy group for vision - impaired people.

The dog area uses smaller stacked cages, and most dogs taken in by the group are large bully breeds.

The luxury hotel and residences is the latest in a series of developments being undertaken by Meydan Group, which include large scale mixed - use urban and leisure developments across various prime locations in Dubai.

In the diving industry there is a growing trend of large dive schools that seek to pump out as many certifications as possible by using large groups in a factory production style.

Operating as a mixed - use property, Wyndham Hotel Melbourne provides accommodations for both Wyndham Hotel Group guests and vacation owners with 86 apartments through WorldMark South Pacific Club by Wyndham, part of sister company Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific, Australia's largest vacation ownership company.

This «Raffles Style,» exclusive - use, private villa offers exemplary five - star services, state - of - the - art facilities and luxurious accommodation for groups of up to 12 adults in 6 large, glamorous air - conditioned suites, each with a private en - suite bathroom; further guests can be accommodated by arrangement.

His ability to kill multiple enemies in a single attack when using a two - handed weapon lets him decimate groups of lesser minions like they were nothing, plus he has red dice by default for melee attacks and the largest gem supply.

- the 18 returning classes were chosen by seeing which popular classes would fit with the game - they also wanted to include classes to cover roles that the roster was lacked - the Pugilist class was added because the first group of classes selected did not include any with bashing and binding attacks - War Magus was added because the Medic was the only healer class in the roster at that point - they couldn't simply include all popular classes as that would have skewed the balance of the game - as for the Hero class, they with balanced offensive and defensive capabilities, but this made things to similar to other classes - this was rectified by adding after - images and other skills with good synergy - when an after - image appears, it does the same skills as the Hero, except on the following turn - it becomes possible for skills that usually can not be used multiple times in a row to be activated multiple turns in a row - it also means skills that only have an effect for one turn can be extended to two - after - images use not only the Hero's own class skills, but also their subclass skills - if the subclass is an Imperial, the Drive skill can be used multiple times in a row - when using Hero as a subclass to Nightseeker, the character can cover the Nightseeker's weaknesses of having low defense - after - images can also help increase the chances of inflicting status ailments - subclasses can be used to make up for weakness - Swordsman, a class that can learn speed and accuracy boosting skills, would be a good subclass for the Gunner - Reaper as a subclass for War Magus would allow that character to use the scythe's skills to inflict status ailments - the skill tree is slowly unlocked as a character grows - there are more skills that make jobs» individual styles stand out more, or expand the player's choices - the skill tree is also made so that there are less requirements to learn specific skills as compared to 5 - this makes it easier for players to get the skill they want without spending large numbers of skill points on lower skills - it's now easier to put points into skills, which makes re-specing easier - the team faced difficulty in balancing classes that were never meant to be alongside each other - they are doing their best to ensure that they keep the individual classes» identities intact

You can also take out large groups of enemies by using the sword on the destructible environments, though crushing them with falling sections of buildings isn't as satisfying as it should be, as it seem to happen at random.

The player can also be used in the treatment of a large group of enemies, and a knife fights and surrounded by grenades and flash grenades.

In addition to this work, the exhibition will include photographs, made by the artist as he accompanied the clock on a ship from London to New York, as well as a group of large - scale drawings of the night sky, based on the star charts which sailors use to navigate.

LAND supports dynamic and unconventional artistic practices using a tripartite approach: Commissioning public projects of site - and situation - specific works with national and international contemporary artists Collaborating with a variety of institutions and organizations, such as universities, museums, and theaters as well as other types of spaces, industries, and entities Offering additional programs such as performances, workshops, residencies, discussions, and publications LAND is an ongoing endeavor with three primary types of annual programming: LAND 1.0 projects are large - scale, multi-artist, multi-site exhibitions and single - site group exhibitions, LAND 2.0 projects feature a new commission by a single mid-career or established artist, and LAND 3.0 projects feature new work by lesser known or emerging artists

Bombay - based artist Nalini Malani will present a large - scale video projection across the entire west elevation of the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, commissioned by the Edinburgh Art Festival; leading artist Bob and Roberta Smith's new large - scale work using thousands of candles will be created by a range of community based groups in Belfast, commissioned by Factotum.