Sentences with phrase «widespread use of system»

Winston's postdoc Lun Jiang notes that in the 1990s, evacuated tubes used for solar water heating cost more than US$ 100 per meter, but they now cost just $ 2 — 3 because of mass production driven by widespread use of the systems in China.

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But in the 13 years that the CDC has used its current flu - tracking system, this is the first season that flu activity has been so widespread across the entire U.S., according to Dan Jernigan, director of the influenza division at the national Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

Despite a rapidly developing economy in Kenya, widespread use of cell phones, and the home to one of the most successful mobile payment systems in the world, more than three quarters of Kenyans don't have regular access to electricity.

[2] They define it as «the use of prudential actions to contain risks that, if realised, could have widespread implications for the financial system as a whole as well as the real economy.»

Lawyers for the players have «accused the N.F.L. of deliberately using intimidation and manipulation to deny and delay payments,» according to The New York Times, while the NFL is claiming there is «widespread fraud infecting» the payout system.

That this House is concerned that the provisions of the Infant Formula and Follow - on Formula Regulations 2007 are disrespected in the UK, as evidenced by the current promotion for Nestlé SMA infant formula by Tesco in breach of Article 23 of that regulation, the near identical labelling of infant and follow - on formula to make them cross-promotional in breach of Article 19 of that regulation, the widespread advertising of infant formula brand names and logos in breach of Article 21 of that regulation and the use of idealising text and images on labels in breach of Article 17 of that regulation; therefore rejects the Department of Health's proposals to decriminalise certain of those requirements, such as labelling provisions in planned draft legislative proposals, related to EU Regulation 609/2015 which will replace these 2007 regulations; and stresses that any move to a system of Improvement Notices must have the purpose of speeding up compliance and be backed by prosecutions rather than giving companies who have flouted the law for many years additional time to comply.

«We encourage you to investigate whether these and other predatory practices are more widespread than previously reported, whether there is a growing trend of property owners using our judicial system to intimidate or extract money or other concessions from tenants, and whether these practices are out of line with the norms and standards of our justice system and tenants» right to due process.»

By imposing third - party reporting of expenses, a VAT system reduces tax evasion relative to a self - reported income tax system like that used in the U.S. where the IRS periodically audits business expenses, but there is widespread abuse in the area of business expenses (especially in small businesses that often treat what should be considered personal expenses as business expenses) due to a lack of third - party reporting of business expenses the way that it has third - party reporting of business income via 1099 information tax returns.

Prof Darren Griffin, Professor of Genetics, University of Kent, said: «Given the widespread use of the CRISPR / Cas9 system, such announcement was inevitable, sooner rather than later.

In the US, the widespread use of waste collection systems that involve plastic recycling may explain the low levels of plastic debris, Rochman says.

His estimation for widespread use of this type of energy system: 10 to 15 years, if manufacturers, consumers, and governments get behind the idea.

He hopes his research will lead to dramatically lowering the cost and size of neutron generators, eventually leading to more widespread use of intense laser systems for research and for social applications.

While military sonar systems and seismic airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific research have received considerable attention in the overall issue of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only recently begun to be specifically considered.

Widespread use of antibacterial chemicals, especially in hand soaps, has led to these chemicals getting washed down drains and into the water system.

This comes after an independent review by Qualifications Wales found that the continued widespread use of early and multiple entries at GCSE «poses risks to students and to the system, which are not easily justified».

This the system will allow, but it does not allow widespread use of ideas that challenge its core.»

By: Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSP As the use of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) has become more widespread in schools, terms such as tiers, benchmarks, universal instruction, as well as strategic and intensive intervention have become familiar to many...

As the use of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) has become more widespread in schools, terms such as tiers, benchmarks, universal instruction, as well as strategic and intensive intervention have become familiar to many teachers.

,» examines current trends in special education that are likely to influence next steps for IDEA, including widespread use of tiered systems of support, the shift from regulatory compliance to results - driven accountability, and an increased focus on postschool transition planning.

The Common Core education movement has been accompanied by a rapid and widespread interest in the use of standards - aligned, research - supported comprehensive assessment systems to help guide local edu... Read More...

Our conclusion in our report to Congress and the public was sobering: There are little to no positive effects of these systems overall on student learning and educational progress, and there is widespread teaching to the test and gaming of the systems that reflects a wasteful use of resources and leads to inaccurate or inflated measures of performance.

The Common Core education movement has been accompanied by a rapid and widespread interest in the use of standards - aligned, research - supported comprehensive assessment systems to help guide local educational decision - making.

The widespread use of electronic grade books, strongly aligned benchmark assessment systems and report generators that provide analytics more aligned to the critical questions teachers want to ask, are reducing the high hurdles and frustrations experienced by teachers and make it easier for them to assimilate the practice in real time, not dependent on seat time in a course.

the widespread use and adoption of intelligent transportation system technology as a component of the surface transportation systems of the United States; and

Among them: «widespread use of correction fluid to alter euthanasia logs,» and «a record - keeping system so poor that it's impossible to determine what happened to dozens of animals.»

We believe that negative synergies between deforestation, climate change, and widespread use of fire indicate a tipping point for the Amazon system to flip to non-forest ecosystems in eastern, southern and central Amazonia at 20 - 25 % deforestation.

Today's patchwork regional system will not hinder the widespread use of plug - in cars, but to fully fulfill the potential of using renewable energy for power generation and using parked cars for distributed energy storage, the nation will have to commit to new policies and facilities for transmission and control.

Engineers use finite element analysis to predict oscillatory modes in structures and fluid and electrical systems and so forth every hour of every day of the year, and use that knowledge to design buildings which will withstand gale force winds, or pumps which will deliver water to widespread communities, or substations which provide their electrical power.

There is widespread concern regarding the negative impacts of the extra livestock needed to satisfy this demand, and the aim of our new study, published in Environmental Research letters (ERL), was to make a multidimensional analysis of the environmental impacts of different beef production systems in Uruguay using a set of available models.

At the conference they showcased their efforts, including more than a dozen community solar projects, the widespread deployment of «smart meters» that give customers real - time information about their electricity use, and a range of microgrids — small, self - powering energy systems that can disconnect from the larger grid in times of emergency.

Braille, the tactile writing system used by the blind, is not as widespread in the blind community as you might imagine — less than 10 percent of blind adults in the United States are able to read Braille and the number of Braille - literate individuals has been declining for decades as assistive technologies, audio books, and other substitutes replace Braille texts.

Governments are known to use these sorts of techniques to pinpoint individuals of interest, because widespread use could disclose them, and allow operating system and other software makers to protect against them.

Paying attention to the terms used in the job description is not optional for most employers now because of the widespread use of applicant tracking systems and resume databases.

Effective job search methods have changed a great deal since 2015 because recruiting methods have changed dramatically with the widespread use of search engines and social media as well as increased employer dependence on applicant tracking systems («ATS») for resume storage and retrieval.

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Here at Rentberry, we use ACH payments, one of the most widespread and trustworthy systems of electronic payments in the US.

Now obviously, an estate agency's own website would benefit from the power of our application - allowing very detailed searchable data, but our current concern is that with the US MLS system being in widespread use, would all of this exta detailed property data simply be filtered out when run through a MLS or portal?