Sentences with phrase «activity by measuring»

«Although these effects are largely invisible in scientific studies that only judge thyroid activity by measuring hormone levels, they may be having a real impact on infants» brain development.»

Functional MRI is an imaging procedure that detects brain activity by measuring blood flow.

With PET scans and functional MRI, we can observe fluctuations in brain activity by measuring changes in blood flow and levels of nutrients.

Districts should report on the effectiveness of professional - development activities by measuring improvements in classroom teaching and administrative activities that lead to increased student achievement.

Not exact matches

The banks are apparently spooked by reports of a rise in fraud activity over the system and are looking to add a secondary verification measure, such as requiring users to input a PIN code.

The government will «take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto - assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system,» India's finance minister told lawmakers in New Delhi in February, according to a transcript by The Hindu newspaper.

Parrot measures popularity by looking at Demand Expressions, a measure which (lacking ratings from Netflix, which doesn't release them) combines data on file sharing, social chatter, Wiki activity, fan ratings, and other factors.

The Caixin measure of manufacturing activity (PMI) edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 50.1, led by output and new orders.

«The measure will accelerate the arrival of infrastructure and people for mining activities in areas of native forest, reproducing in the region the same lack of governance that permits the advance of deforestation and land grabs (elsewhere) in the Amazon,» Greenpeace said in a report by Reuters.

fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) «is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow,» according to Wikipedia.

Ebay: NeuroFocus redeveloped a new brand identity based on tests they did with consumers by measuring emotions and brain activity.

For example, a standard measurement tool used by neuromarketing is the EEG (electroencephalogram), which measures our brain's electrical activity.

«The government does not recognize cryptocurrency as legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto - assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system,» Arun Jaitley told lawmakers in New Delhi, according to a transcript by The Hindu newspaper.

The idea was originally developed in the early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying on shaky indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.

The research (which thrills me personally) was led by Larry Stevens, a Northern Arizona University psychologist, and involved looking at the effects of eating dark chocolate on the brain, using an EEG machine to measure brain activity.

Such activities have been shown to lower functional IQ by 10 points — which is, by some measures, about twice the impact of smoking marijuana.

The device (Actical; Respironics, Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) measures physical activity by recording activity (accelerations gathered at 32 hertz, stored on the device internal memory).

So what can scientists learn by measuring your brain activity when, say, you listen to a cello solo or view a piece of art?

A new study, backed by Facebook, wants to go beyond measuring the impact of internet shutdowns on the formal economy and measure the impact of internet cut - offs on «shadow economies,» namely economic activities that circumvent government regulation, oversight, and taxation.

Everywhere I travel in the U.S., I see a boom as measured by the lack of open seats on airplanes, sold - out hotels and crowded restaurants, not to mention the almost out - of - control construction activity in every city.

A recent study by economic consulting firm Analysis Group and commissioned by OnDeck, measured the impact of the first $ 3 billion lent by OnDeck to small businesses and found that these loans have powered $ 11 billion in business activity and created 74,000 jobs nationwide.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics of an economy like China's that change the nature of the GDP measure: first, economic activity is much less affected by hard - budget constraints than it is in most other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.

The portfolio turnover measures the trading activity of the fund, which is computed by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales for the year by the monthly average value of the securities owned by the fund during the year.

(2) The Company calculates non-GAAP underlying pretax and after - tax income, underlying effective tax rate, underlying EBITDA and underlying free cash flow results by excluding special and other non-core items from the nearest U.S. GAAP performance measure, which is net income from continuing operations attributable to MCBC for both underlying after - tax income and underlying EBITDA and net cash provided by operating activities for underlying free cash flow.

Vendors in this category predominately measure (1) activities of employees in social media, such as the number of posts on social media, and (2) audience reactions to employee activities, such as re-tweets of employee posts, or white paper downloads stimulated by employee posts.

The growth rate of real gross domestic product (GDP) measured by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is a key metric of the pace of economic activity.

«Real activity is still inevitably impaired by austerity measures.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, «continued to expand in March, albeit at a markedly slower pace than last month.»

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, «rose markedly in April after posting slower growth in March.»

Our annual Reports on Angel Investing Activity in Canada identify key statistics and trends in the visible Canadian Angel capital market as measured by the activity of AngelActivity in Canada identify key statistics and trends in the visible Canadian Angel capital market as measured by the activity of Angelactivity of Angel groups.

They intuitively want to convey to their clients that they are working hard, and one of the only ways to measure work progress (from the perspective of the client) is by looking at activity within the portfolio.

Furthermore, there had been a significant rise in hedging activity leading into the event, with a spike in the cost of such hedges as measured by implied option volatility.

During this same period, activity on the crude oil futures market — as measured by the number of contracts outstanding, trading activity, and the number of traders — has increased significantly.

Pages A-1 through A-20 of the Financial Schedules reconcile the non-GAAP financial measures set forth above to the following full year 2014 expected GAAP results: reported net income of $ 93 million to $ 99 million; reported company development margin of 20.7 percent to 21.7 percent; reported North America development margin of 22.8 percent to 23.8 percent; and net cash provided by operating activities of $ 216 million to $ 228 million.

By now most have noticed the divergence between the «hard» data, which measures actual economic activity, and the «soft data,» which mostly tracks surveys.

In the last year, the technology long used by researchers to measure brain activity has become affordable enough for some toy makers to incorporate it into their toys and video games.

Schedules A-1 through A-20 reconcile the non-GAAP financial measures set forth above to the following full year 2014 expected results: reported net income of $ 84 million to $ 93 million; reported company development margin of 19.4 percent to 20.4 percent; reported North America development margin of 22.0 to 23.0 percent; and net cash provided by operating activities of $ 160 million to $ 180 million.

Return on Investments (ROI)-- Measures a business's gains and / or losses generated by spending activities; a standard profitability ratio.

The principle of conformation expresses «the stubborn fact that whatever is settled and actual must in due measure be conformed to by the self - creative activity» (S 36), and also assumes that «universality of truth arises from the universality of relativity, whereby every particular actual thing lays upon the universe the obligation of conforming to it» (S 39).

Religious experiences can not be measured by brain activities alone.

Murray comes up with a very useful measure of community dysfunction: the percentage of «problematic people,» which he arrives at by combining prime - age males not making a living, single mothers raising children, a guesstimate of prime - age adults who are living alone, and those uninvolved in any community activity.

We tend to measure God's presence in any situation by our sense of well - being, and fail to recognize that disturbance in our lives is often a sign of God's activity.

We suspected that the decline in correlation of improvement in economic welfare and growth in market activity had continued, and we thought that using a widely recognized measure, developed by respected economists, would give some authority to the results.

This is what is chiefly measured by GNP, and policies directed to the increase of GNP consistently focus on increasing this activity.

It'll become an activity your little one will enjoy doing with you as they get older whether it's pouring flour into a measuring cup, mixing the batter, or one day making pancakes «ALL BY SELF» (as my toddler says).

The Total Activity is measured using Staphylococcus aureus NZRM 87 (ATCC 9144) and expressed as the equivalent % phenol as referenced in The University of Waikato Honey Assay Method under the Determination of Honey Activity by Bioassay Method.

Total participation in the U.S. Food Waste Challenge is comprised of participants who join by sharing information on their food waste reduction activities via USDA's U.S. Food Waste Challenge form and participants who join by joining EPA's Food Recovery Challenge and working with EPA experts to measure food waste in their operations and attain specific quantitative food - waste reduction goals.

The study, by researchers at Israel's Bar - Ilan University, measured first - time parents» brain activity when they watched films of themselves playing with their children.

My 5 year old is always asking how big or tall things are, and me telling him a number followed by cm or metres doesn't really mean much yet, so we set about exploring measuring with this fun measuring activity.