Sentences with phrase «above predicted levels»

Monitor, in a letter to NHS foundation trusts dated 27 April and released on Thursday, said the higher efficiency savings were partly due to inflation rising above predicted levels.

If the cortisol elevates above a predicted level, then Cushing's disease is diagnosed, but the type of Cushing's is not determined.

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By the end of this century, heat waves are forecast to become more commonplace, with high temperatures at airports around the globe predicted to soar anywhere from 7.2 to 14.4 degrees above current levels by 2080, according to the study.

The older models predicted that, at worst, the sea would drop from 57 metres above sea level in 1965 to 34 metres in 2002 and end up 1.6 times as salty as normal seawater.

Cortical thickness predicted teens» delay discounting above and beyond cognitive and demographic variables, such as mother's level of education.

The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in Queensland, Australia is predicted to almost completely lose its ability to host the endemic plants that grow 1000 metres or more above sea level.

Despite the strong warming trend of the past 15 years, worldwide temperatures have risen less than models predict, given the build - up of carbon dioxide in the air to 25 per cent above pre-industrial levels.

Based on regional studies, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that 20 — 30 % of the world's species are likely to be at increasingly high risk of extinction from climate change impacts within this century if global mean temperatures exceed 2 — 3 °C above pre-industrial levels [6], while Thomas et al. [5] predicted that 15 — 37 % of species could be «committed to extinction» due to climate change by 2050.

Specifically, we predicted the percentage of students at the district and school levels who score proficient or above on their state's mandated standardized tests, without using any school - specific information such as length of school day, teacher mobility, computer - to - student ratio, etc..

In one study soon to be published in an education policy textbook co-edited with Carol Mullen, Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in the study.

Figure 5 — Predicted Percentage of Grade 5 Non-LEP Students Scoring Above the National Median, Given Different Levels of School Characteristics (1998 Stanford 9 Reading Test)

Who would have predicted last week that the S&P 500 futures would rise from the 2017 close at 2667.75 and push above the 2700 level for the first time, and then be challenging 2750 early this w

The air is predicted to be driest around June 1st, when the relative humidity drops below a comfortable 35 % three days out of four, whilst the most humid is expected to be around June 4th, where humidity levels could rise above a humid 78 %.

They report in the journal Climatic Change that, if humans continue to burn fossil fuels at an accelerating rate, and as average global temperatures creep up by the predicted 4 °C above historic levels, then on the hottest days, between 10 % and 30 % of fully - loaded planes may have to remove fuel, cargo or passengers before they can take off: either that, or flights will have to be delayed to the cooler hours.

Or as it states further on, a 550 ppm CO2e suggests «a 50:50 chance of a temperature increase above or below 3 °C, and the Hadley Centre model predicts a 10 % chance of exceeding 5 °C [9 °F] even at this level.»

Heck, the incidence of denialist - type posts is rising faster even than the eagerly - awaited and now - arrived new tranche of sea - levels, that now are pushing above linear trend - lines precisely as James Hansen's thermodynamic theories predicted would would be observed!

We predicted that an otherwise identical question would (i) elicit lower levels of existence beliefs when worded in terms of «global warming» rather than «climate change,» and that (ii) this effect would be more pronounced for respondents who self - identify as Republicans (as opposed to Democrats or Independents) for the reasons discussed above.

Projected temperature would increase by 2050 by about 2 °C above the current level (a warming similar to that predicted by the ensemble mean of the CMIP5 simulations) and precipitation would decrease by an additional 30 % compared to the current conditions.

Did not the IPCC predict the temperatures would be above for the case emission was held at the 2000 level?

University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers have developed a «global energy tracker» which predicts average world temperatures could climb 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels by 2020.

But the above - normal level of rain predicted to hit the Northeast «is partly attributable to decadal trends,» Collins said.

Such solecisms throughout the IPCC's assessment reports (including the insertion, after the scientists had completed their final draft, of a table in which four decimal points had been right - shifted so as to multiply tenfold the observed contribution of ice - sheets and glaciers to sea - level rise), combined with a heavy reliance upon computer models unskilled even in short - term projection, with initial values of key variables unmeasurable and unknown, with advancement of multiple, untestable, non-Popper-falsifiable theories, with a quantitative assignment of unduly high statistical confidence levels to non-quantitative statements that are ineluctably subject to very large uncertainties, and, above all, with the now - prolonged failure of TS to rise as predicted (Figures 1, 2), raise questions about the reliability and hence policy - relevance of the IPCC's central projections.

Specifically, Hansen's group predicted the effect would rise above the two - sigma level in the 1990s.

Experts predict that the effects of global warming will be far more dramatic if carbon emissions force atmospheric CO2 levels above 550 parts per million.

Some of the above examples of access to justice are those that are commonly predicted by advocates of alternative structures: business models that facilitate reduced and fixed price legal services and / or unbundling, technology that enables standardization and improved processes to handle large volumes of cases or contracts, branding that reduces the client's search costs and increases their level of trust, multidisciplinary services that significantly ease the client experience notably because they do not need to assemble or coordinate different streams of work.

Staff opinion: Last week, we predicted that the bitcoin price would level out in the $ 700 range for some time, with further bullish pushes kept in check by profit taking at points above the psychological barrier of $ 700.

In this model, secure - preoccupied nation attachment predicted significantly higher levels of heritage culture identification, over and above other variables, including nationalistic attitude; Table 7 illustrates these results.

Regression analyses indicated that, above and beyond demographic characteristics, ADHD symptom severity, and initial levels of comorbidity, sleep problems significantly predicted greater ODD symptoms, general externalizing behavior problems, and depressive symptoms 1 year later.

Greater levels of hardiness were found to predict decreased levels of maternal depression and somatic complaints above and beyond reports of perceived social support.

In a conservative estimate, the Mortgage Bankers Association predicts existing - home sales will actually be down 10 percent to about 5.2 million units in 2008 and won't rise above 2007 levels until 2009.

The key to continued loan volume is a stable Treasury rate, and our panel doesn't foresee much change, predicting an average of 4.61 %, or fewer than 25 basis points above current levels.