Sentences with phrase «which nao»

In September, ministers claimed to have cut civil service jobs by 45,551, on a target of 70,600, which the NAO accepts is «significant».

Not exact matches

Although they are much less powerful than the industrial models from Universal Robots, IOActive released a video of a test in which an otherwise cute NAO robot suddenly begins laughing in an evil and maniacal way and uses a screwdriver to repeatedly stab a tomato.

Not long ago, researchers at the University of Manitoba's Human - Computer Interaction Lab conducted a study in which participants were asked to do 80 minutes of painfully dull drudge work under the supervision of a human, or that of a computer named Nao.

Mr. Vehovec was the founder and co-chair of the first Angel Investor Summits in 2001 and 2002 which led to the creation of National Angel Organization (NAO), later renamed, National Angel Capital Organization (NACO).

Opening of High Speed 2's London to Birmingham phase is already at risk of delay according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) which highlights cost and schedule pressures on the project.

We can get some indication from a recent NAO report (Central government staff costs, 2015) which used unpublished Cabinet Office data to calculate that the total annualised salary cost for the civil service in 2014 was # 11.13 billion, a decrease of # 2.49 billion in real terms on 2010.

Decisive action is needed to ensure the success of the Government's Road Investment Strategy which now faces deliverability and affordability risks following its hasty development according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

Defence secretary Phillip Hammond responds to a report by the National Auditing Office (NAO) which criticises the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for poor planning:

It has been typified, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), by a «fortress mentality» and a «good news culture» which prevented it addressing the ever - greater problems it faced.

The NAO figures show that also last year, HMRC wrote off # 397 million in overpayments it made that it did not expect to recoup, and make provisions for a further # 409 million in which repayment was doubtful.

While the NAO praises the Department of Health and Connecting for Health, which runs the project, for the quick and efficient way contracts were given out, it notes there have been delays in some parts and this has led to concern among NHS staff.

The news comes despite repeated drives to improve efficiency, such as a «payment by results» scheme of tariffs which, the NAO claimed, produced some positive results in the speed of patient turnover in hospitals.

But it will struggle to implement this, the NAO added, because the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities which are responsible for driving efficiency are set to be scrapped by 2013 - to be replaced by local consortia of GPs.

In the wake of numerous «bogus college» scandals, the tightening of the student rules under Tier (4), which is also due to be the subject of a separate report by the NAO, will require all institutions to hold «highly trusted» sponsor status.

The NAO report noted that victims of the 2005 London bombings, which resulted in 52 people dead and over 770 wounded, had not been affected by CICA's bad practices.

Today's figures confirm a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO), which finds that in a sample of 115 young people and adults given Asbos, more than half (55 per cent) breached the conditions of their order.

The NAO indicates the position of the jet stream — which is a giant current of air that broadly flows eastwards over mid-latitude regions around the globe — through a diagram which shows «negative» and «positive» spikes, similar to how a heart monitor looks.

This sea level rise is then concentrated to the north or south by the NAO, which is a measure of the atmospheric pressure difference between Iceland and the Azores.

The combined effects of El Niño (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), both of which are naturally occurring climate processes, drove the recent hot spot, according to the study.

The NAO warned English Nature, which operates the SSSI system in England, that its statistics have «understated loss and damage».

That empirical link means that NAO can be used to predict the future size of the stock, which would allow for improved management.

When the AMO is in its positive phase and the sea surface temperatures are warmer, the study has shown that the main effect in winter is to promote the negative phase of the NAO which leads to «blocking» episodes over the North Atlantic sector, allowing cold weather systems to exist over the eastern US and Europe.

A pioneering new study has explored how Arctic sea - ice loss influences the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) weather phenomenon, which affects winter weather conditions in Northern Europe, in places such as the UK, Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

Julien Gorrias, a «behavioural architect» at Aldebaran Robotics in Paris, France, which makes the Nao, had solved the same problem in his former life as a masked actor by using expressive body movements.

The westerlies in the Northern Hemisphere, which increased from the 1960s to the 1990s but which have since returned to about normal as part of NAO and NAM changes, alter the flow from oceans to continents and are a major cause of the observed changes in winter storm tracks and related patterns of precipitation and temperature anomalies, especially over Europe.

[Response: Well, something like a circulation changed forced by the NAO pattern (which may in turn be affected by greenhouse gases) might cause an increase in European air temperatures, which in turn would allow low level moisture to increase if there is enough moisture supply, which would then constitute an amplification of a signal driven remotely.

At a recent conference, scientists explained how a major atmospheric circulation known as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) was in a negative phase at the onset of the LIA, which amplified the cooling effect of a reduction in solar irradiance and volcanic activity.

An NAO - based linear model is therefore established to predict the NHT, which gives an excellent hindcast for NHT in 1971 - 2011 with the recent flat trend well predicted.

Using Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis, we detect multidecadal North Atlantic sea - level pressure anomalies, which are significantly linked to the NAO during the Modern period.

One reason for the streak of mild temperatures has been the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which has been on a positive tear this fall.

According to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO), there is not enough proof that the # 2.7 billion which is being invested in early years education is improving school standards.

Ben Curtin is full of enthusiasm as he tells Teacher about P!nk the NAO humanoid robot's visit to his school in Adelaide's southern suburbs last term, which was part of a research project coordinated by the Association of Independent Schools South Australia (AISSA).

The Brainary, which had the NAO franchise in Australia, connected AISSA to Dr Therese Keane from Swinburne University and two of her colleagues, Dr Chris Chalmers from QUT and Marie Boden from UQ.

The recruitment film comes after the National Audit Office (NAO) published its Teacher Recruitment Report, which highlighted key issues with the government's recruitment practices.

The comment follows the National Audit Office's (NAO) report which outlined growing teacher shortages and the government's failure to keep pace with recruitment targets.

The NAO estimates that 37,000 pupils were in maintained schools in January which Ofsted had put into special measures more than nine months previously, but which «had not yet opened as academies».

Mark — the NAO (Oct 2014) found struggling schools which received formal intervention (eg academy conversion) were less likely to improve than those which didn't receive formal intervention.

Today's figures follow the NAO Teacher Recruitment Report, published last week, which highlighted problems in the government's recruitment practices.

The report comes on the back of a similarly scathing National Audit Office (NAO) study into teacher recruitment in February, which revealed a series of weaknesses in the government's strategy.

He may be right in saying that they have appointed more teachers since coming to power, but it's nowhere near enough, and this NAO report highlights the ineptitude of the DfE in addressing this problem in damning fashion.In all of the «thousands of classes» he has seen in the 400 schools he has visited, he doesn't seem to have picked up on this problem which is exercising head teachers across the country.

The impact of a # 1 billion bursary scheme has also been called into question, a point which was also raised by the NAO's audit manager at an education select committee hearing on Wednesday.

His comments echo those of a Conservative source in response to the NAO report, which said the «negative picture» painted by the unions was the «greatest threat» to recruitment and called on unions and Labour politicians to back the government's plans to increase teacher numbers.

Ms Powell has said the NAO report should be a «further wake - up call for the government», which she said was «in denial and neglectful» about teacher shortages.

Figures published as part of the National Audit Office's (NAO) Financial Sustainability of Schools found 24 authorities in which at least one in four of maintained schools posted a budget deficit.

The Schools Week story also referred to the recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) which again had found gaps in the evidence about teacher supply.

We've proudly teamed up with the Nao Victoria Foundation of Spain to offer this private, lantern - lit ghostly walking tour which ALSO includes a night - time visit to these magnificent vessels... after hours, when the sun has set and the spirits have become active!

The title, which is also in development for iOS, Android, Playstation 3, Vita, Playstation 4 and Xbox One, is being directed and produced by Akihiro Hino (Layton series, Ni no Kuni), with music from Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy), monster designs by Takuzo Nagano (Layton series) and character designs by Nao Ikeda.

Join Lorimoto, our crowned - monarchs - of - the - outliers, for this high quality and well worth the trip exhibition which will include the large scale drawings of ornate fungus by Alex Chowaniec, paired paintings by Max Yawney, two kinetic sculptures by Charlotte Becket, and a larger than life sculpture called «Chainsaw Blue» by Nao Matsumoto.

Oro were made by Don Manuel Rodriguez, an expert adobero in Ojinaga, Mexico, and brought over the border for the exhibition, which includes artworks by Esparza as well as Carmen Argote, Nao Bustamante, Timo Fahler, Eamon Ore - Giron, Star Montana and Sandro Canovas, Maria Garcia, Ruben Rodriguez.

I did find a statistically significant relationship between the winter NAO / AO and NH winter snow cover extent, which was great but still had the chicken and egg problem.