Sentences with phrase «arbitrary cut»

Because it is increasingly believed that mental and behavioral disorders can best be understood as scores on a continuum (e.g., Satcher 2000), we conceptualized pathological gaming as a continuum, instead of using an arbitrary cut - off point to determine if someone is addicted or not.

However, the arbitrary cut - off date meant that approximatey 15,000 older adopted children in England would miss out on vital support.

They represent a continuum along which arbitrary cut off points are used to define «normality» and «abnormality».

Relationship research has shown that passion decreases gradually throughout a relationship, making 3 - years seems like an arbitrary cut - off (but perhaps not arbitrary in terms of tying in with the movie).

The 2 studies used different measures as proxies for the parenting dimensions of warmth and sensitivity, both with arbitrary cut points to dichotomize the parenting dimensions, so that they could have measured different underlying constructs.

However, Grech's endorsement of the Taskforce's proposals differed from Briton's in two ways: The first difference was that Grech was concerned that «from a practical perspective the requirements may prove unnecessarily cumbersome» for sole practitioners or small firms, and thus he proposed «an arbitrary cut off point as a definition of small firm,» for whom the implementation of AMS would not be required.

It would appear that this must be for life, unless the Court is to invent some arbitrary cut - off time.

Law Society President Joe Egan said: «After decades of legal aid cuts by successive governments we have no choice but to act against an arbitrary cut that will do little if anything to drive down the legal aid bill — but could have a very detrimental impact on justice.»

I have to say that in your situation I'd be doing everything possible to include all of that information related to travel and work that lands before the arbitrary cut off date.

«We've got two large wastelands on there,» he says, «we can cut it into two pieces» but «couldn't make an arbitrary cut.»

http://www.totalvideogames... «We've got two large wastelands on there,» he says, «we can cut it into two pieces» but «couldn't make an arbitrary cut.»

Take extra care to read what the cancellation policy is, since sometimes OTAs give you somewhat arbitrary cut - offs for cancellations.

This contribution limit strikes me as an unfair and arbitrary cut - off.

The dashboard has a color - coded, 25 - square performance grid for each indicator that will create a number of arbitrary cut points between performance levels.

[As an aspiring applicant to a «reach» college, I would not want to explain to an Admission Officer that, even though I had obtained respectable scores, I had failed to meet the arbitrary cut - score established after the fact to maintain this fiction of Common Core rigor.]

Well, any list of young leaders has to have some kind of arbitrary cut - off for what constitutes young.

Average scale scores are a better measure of central tendency compared to percent of students at proficient or goal because scale scores do not lump students status levels at arbitrary cut points.

The College Board set an arbitrary cut off, that is a 1550 SAT -LSB-...]

They often say that high fat diets have more than 30 % of calories from fat or that high - carb diets have more than 50 % of calories from carbs, or some other arbitrary cut - off.

Given that the tax system is focused on individuals rather than families, the change could lead to perverse outcomes which see an arbitrary cut - off point for families receiving child benefit.

Golden said officers who risk their lives shouldn't be denied more generous disability because of an arbitrary cut - off in required years of service.

But, it seems like an arbitrary cut - off.

«We can not support arbitrary cuts to future legal immigration levels,» said Daniel Garza, president of The LIBRE Initiative, which is backed by the Koch brothers.

«If Congress rejects my plan and refuses to undo these arbitrary cuts, it will threaten our economy and our military,» Obama warned in an op - ed article Thursday in The Huffington Post.

In the early ontology of events the divisions could be made by arbitrary cuts (see D.E. in Dialogue I).

In each work, White has intentionally left strips of surface area completely blank, emphasizing the arbitrary cutting, cropping, and breaking of images — a regular feature in contemporary visual language, and one to which we have become increasingly inured.

Not exact matches

We didn't just say, «Let's cut staffing by 30 %» or some other arbitrary number.

Nevertheless, you must realize that determining whether or not a stock has sufficient liquidity is not as clear - cut as merely picking an arbitrary number such as 500,000 minimum shares per day.

«While the recovery was gaining traction before sequestration took effect, these arbitrary and unnecessary cuts to government services will be a headwind in the months to come, and will cut key investments in the nation's future competitiveness,» Alan B. Krueger, the chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, said in a statement.

Get ready for more years of gridlock and uncertainty in the world's most important economy, all because Republicans wanted to secure a big corporate tax cut before an arbitrary deadline of Christmas 2017.

The problem is that the cut, being arbitrary, could be put at various points.

Is human compassion alone ever sufficient to produce the initiative to cut off such an existence as this, relatively protected from coercion, from the ills of human temper, from arbitrary authority, from far - reaching and unremitting responsibility» Will human compassion alone serve to terminate such an existence in favor of the fearfully vexed, dangerous, and apparently hopeless role which Moses is soon to assume»

Any «cut» in its perpetual flow would appear to be arbitrary.

One - and - a-half to two inches is not some arbitrary measurement when it comes to hefty cuts like rib eye or New York strip.

To pick a theoretically arbitrary but culturally significant cut - off point, Tottenham's first - team squad contains just one player over 30, and that's back - up goalkeeper Michael Vorm.

In other words at least pre speech infants are still completing their gestation, so to speak, and so my own preference both as a father and scientist is to encourage parents to let the infant and toddler sleep as close to them as is safe for as long as they can, without specifying an artificial, arbitrary «cut off.»

This list of 5 reasons moms continue to breastfeed their babies after the arbitrary acceptable cut - off date enforced by random strangers or other individuals such as family members and friends who aren't actually whipping their boob out for their 3 year old «infant» to suckle may shed some clarity on the matter.

«While we welcome the decision to end the arbitrary retirement age, raising the state pension age over this short timescale is clearly driven by a desire to cut spending rather than a planned approach to introducing more flexible retirement,» he said.

Are there clear, cut and dry rules on when a president can take executive action, or is it all up to the judicial branch's arbitrary discretion?

In an apparent distraught against this considered loud mouth vituperations, the party took arbitrary steps particularly at the regional levels to suspend a handful of supposed deviants upon receipts of petitions which rather flowed copiously like the river Jordan from all manner of party persons who particularly were enthusiastic about the cutting to size, those who were perceived to have overgrown their wings against the very much revered flagbearer.

It is absurd to suggest that someone at risk of arbitrary incarceration and torture would stay put if only we cut asylum seeker benefits.

Labour MPs also made the fair point that cutting the number of MPs from 650 to 600 is an arbitrary gesture of appeasement to anti-politician sentiment.

A de Blasio spokesperson said Flanagan's proposal «would add an arbitrary, unnecessary and restrictive cap to the New York City property tax code — which already has a number of existing caps — and cost the city billions, resulting in severe cuts to vital services such as public safety and education.»

The state shouldn't impose arbitrary deadlines to cut off funding.

Justice, delivered by the lowest bidder, coupled with arbitrary rate cuts will create an unviable system of legal aid that fails to grasp the importance of client choice, competition and quality.

If it falls upon you to consider staffing reductions or service cuts to meet a completely arbitrary, but politically expedient, goal then so be it.

Luo Huiqian, another researcher at the Institute of Physics, says that most big science projects in China have suffered from arbitrary cost cutting; as a result, the finished product is often a far cry from what was proposed.

The only responsible course of action is to invest in our research agencies like the President has proposed, not hamstring them with arbitrary sequestration cuts.

Matthews and Weaver make the point that this is a little arbitrary and that the true impact of climate inertia would be seen only with emissions cut to zero.

It would be useful to know if the association was dose - dependent (i.e. the more extreme the folate and B12 levels, the higher the autism risk), or was only observed for the group above this (seemingly arbitrary) cut - off.