Sentences with phrase «about relative position»

An eighth core idea is that people are more envious than greedy; they care more about their relative position in this world than their absolute well - being.

In other words, do people care about relative position and does «lagging behind the Joneses» diminish

«It is all about your relative position.

The model looks at the frequency with which different genomic regions appear in the slice to infer information about the relative positions of genes and regions called enhancers that activate them.

Not exact matches

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There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

Most modern thought about the physical world has assumed something like the metaphysics of Greek atomism, namely, that there are irreducible bits of matter that change only in relative position.

When the Bible refers to God darkening the moon, or not allowing it's light to shine, it's likely talking about infrequent lunar eclipses, and the same system of finding meaning in the position of planets relative to constellations we know as astrology is what these Bible writers are talking about.

Sharp declines in relative numbers (to about one - fifth of the population), even sharper reduction in religious commitment, and deep divisions on social issues sapped the Mainline's political strength and undermined its dominant position in the Republican Party.

When I wrote the headline «Bullpens are going to decide the 2017 World Series,» I acknowledged the potential for nonsense, but I was still coming from a position of relative optimism about the ability of the Dodgers» bullpen to control every game.

I find that I am keenly aware of his position relative to me - when people suggest that I could roll over on him, it makes about as much sense as telling me I might accidentally sit on my own head.

Of course, Ipsos MORI plots relative positions of key issues; could it be that we simply have other, more important things to worry about now?

This reshuffle is a little different: a particular policy issue is assuming a central position in calculations about its relative successes and failures.

The problem with predicted outcomes of AV based on, for example, successive YouGov polls looking at voters preferences is that they really only tell us about short term effects on the relative position of the big established parties.

Lord Ashcroft's findings in the marginal polls however have shown a slight weakening in the Labour position relative to the Conservatives, looking at just the 12 ultra-marginal seats the Conservatives are down by about 1.5 % on average, Labour down by about 2.7 %, UKIP up by about 4.5 %.

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He also expresses «concerns about the mismatch between the number of postdoctoral positions relative to the pressure to educate ever more Ph.D. s,» and suggests transferring funds from Ph.D. programs to postdoctoral grants.

What's special about their positions relative to the CD case's transparent panel?

Before the 20th century, the fastest rate of glacier retreat reflected in the core was about 8,500 years ago, at a time when the Earth's position relative to the sun resulted in more summer sunlight in the Arctic.

With IFS, we could retrieve a spectrum with error bars of about 0.15 ~ mag on each channel and astrometric relative position error of 0.6 ~ mas.

During observing, a computer - controlled system of sensors and actuators adjusts the position of each segment - relative to its neighbors - to an accuracy of four nanometers, about the size of a few molecules, or about 1/25, 000 the diameter of a human hair.

A preposition is a word that «prepares» you to know about the «position» of another word relative to the rest of the sentence: not its literal position, of course, in being the 10th word or anything like that, but the «position» of its meaning.

Using relative valuations, we forecast the five - year expected alphas for a broad universe of smart beta strategies as a tool for managing expectations about current portfolios and constructing new portfolios positioned for future outperformance.

True about diversification — I go big (relative % to my total account value) into different positions, but not so big that a wipe out of one equity would kill me.

The tech has applications beyond destruction - we've already seen it used for AI (Forza and Titanfall), streaming (Sunset Overdrive and PSNow) and savegames... A few months back I read an article about a dev that was using the cloud to calculate wind physics as a means of having flora (trees / branches / foliage) that bent and swayed according to their height and position relative to each other and the edge of a virtual forest.

While the camera is busy pitching about in a disorienting fashion, the targeting reticule does not maintain a position relative to the dragon.

Richard Haass, president of the Washington - based Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a recent issue of Foreign Affairs about the «relative decline of the United States» position in the world» («The Age of Nonpolarity; What Will Follow U.S. Dominance,» May / June 2008).

If I am correct about that, then the more the 41k period is used to determine relative position of sequences within the chronology, or the duration of individual sequences; the weaker will be a strong 41k signal from fourier analysis as evidence that the 41k signal was not an artifact.

Before the 20th century, the fastest rate of glacier retreat reflected in the core was about 8,500 years ago, at a time when the Earth's position relative to the sun resulted in more summer sunlight in the Arctic.

How about comparing ENSO with the moons apogee and perigee and its position relative to the equator, together with aphelion and perihelion of earth?

True, but fails to explain why the longer - term mean about which those cycles fluctuate is trending up other than curve - fitting an «approximation by three sinusoids of periods 1000 years, 210 years and 60 years,» and mentioning something about the position of the Sun relative to the centre mass of the Solar System.

re - I tried to address part of your question 2 above — about the position of the trees and remnant wood relative to treeline.

I tried to address part of your question 2 above — about the position of the trees and remnant wood relative to treeline.

What interests me the most about the AR5 report is how the IPCC is changing its positions and statements relative to the previous AR4 report.

The optimal location for the wide speakers is about 60 degrees off - axis, relative to the primary seating position.

You're not asking about job opportunities — that is, unless one of your relatives is in the unique position to provide that type of information.

Contempt is fueled by long - simmering negative thoughts about the partner — which come to a head in the perpetrator attacking the accused from a position of relative superiority.

For anyone new to the farming concept, depending on the physical location chosen and the relative turnover rate, it can take about three years to develop a position of «being - known,» when a would be farm - located seller requests to meet with you, and they will often greet you with, literally, open arms and or a really firm handshake, accompanied by words such as: «I» KNOW «YOU.»