Sentences with phrase «as a baseline for»

However, the party excludes this entirely from their balanced budget plan, which starts with the 2014 Liberal budget as a baseline for their forecast revenue:

This is used as the baseline for negotiations between that company and a lead investor or group of investors — until a balance between their interests is struck.

Instead, they used, as their baseline for their policy agenda, the October 2010 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections.

Our current business structure, formed in 2003, continues this mission as a baseline for everything we do.

Update: Late Thursday night Twitter tweeted a lengthy statement about its DAU - to - MAU ratio, advising people not to use past ratios as a baseline for calculating its current DAU total.

Lenders use LIBOR and the Prime Rate as baselines for variable rate loans, adding a margin on top of the benchmark rate to calculate the rate received by a consumer.

This number can serve as your baseline for building your emergency fund.

New research by Zero Waste Scotland has revealed that nearly 1.35 million tonnes of food and drink was wasted in Scotland in 2013, a figure that will be used as a baseline for efforts to reduce food waste by a third by 2025.

Using the available data from both EPA and USDA, 2010 was selected as a baseline for measuring our progress.

Here, we just lay out the top 100 players of 2017 to use as our baseline for that effort.

This chart shows the rolling 10 - year average strength for each, based on the SRS stat (SRS uses zero as its baseline for a perfectly average team, with anything around the 18s or higher usually signifying elite - level):

Some researchers have suggested that the baby be weighed again on day two and that weight be used as the baseline for calculating weight loss and gains.

All districts had to do was include the change in their board - approved wellness policy, leaving the rules in place as a baseline for the rest of the state.

I use this as a baseline for what humans needs for optimal development.

Similarly, the notion of the period of PURPLE crying is useful in a crisis, but should not be presented to parents as a baseline for infant behavior, since colic is diminished or prevented by nurturing parenting behavior (Barr & Geertsma, 2002), and the type of crying described does not represent the majority of infants, especially around the world.

So my husband and I did more research and decided to try a total elimination diet where you eat only five to seven things and use that as a baseline for identifying foods you're sensitive to.

This also applies to the essential benefits baseline for plans sold inside the exchanges, which in turn serves as the baseline for the Medicaid benchmark plans for the new expansion population (37).

Federal regulations serve as the baseline for school nutrition programs thus allowing state governments and local school boards an element of local control.

Where a low - tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, the low - water line on that elevation may be used as the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea.

In analyzing the impact of the FY 1998 budget proposal on R&D, AAAS used the FY 1994 actual estimates as a baseline for comparison.

After an hour - long informational session, a follow - up questionnaire found that nearly all attendees were able to correctly answer questions about the rationale for screening, the difference between the need for additional testing and a cancer diagnosis, the benefit of negative screenings as a baseline for future comparisons, and the continued importance of physical examinations.

So Dante and his colleagues were able to borrow historic furs in the museum's collections that had been kept in dark storage to use as the baseline for colors and shading.

This algae abuse will begin in March, using a strain called nanochloropsis as a baseline for survival statistics.

Their research should serve as a baseline for future studies of U.S. businesses engaged in direct - to - consumer advertising of purported stem cell interventions.

Because enhancing the conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals, the authors suggest that the study's numbers could be used as a baseline for measuring progress toward meeting conservation goals.

«When we first started, we thought we would try something simple, as a baseline for later methods, not expecting that it was going to work.

As a baseline for estimating temperature - related deaths, they used the 1980s, when an estimated 370 Manhattanites died from overheating, and 340 died from cold.

The UAVSAR flights serve as a baseline for pre-earthquake activity.

Van Essen says these data on healthy individuals will also serve as a baseline for comparison in future studies.

Low range scenario B1, moderate A1B (used as the baseline for all other assessments in this study) and high range A2 are represented by A, C and E respectively for 2050, while B, D and F show the same scenarios for 2090.

These results are based on data compiled from 15 different climate models, and use the average temperature from 1970 through 1999 as a baseline for comparison.

You'll now see many studies that divide foods according to their glycemic index and use it as a baseline for determining the role of carbs on various health problems.

I did the reset so I could get, per your series about cholesterol, an Apo B and an NMR LipoProfile done to use as a baseline for measuring the effects of LCHF on MY Lipid Profile.

Twelve others, who had caffeine before their naps, managed scores roughly the same as their baselines for the entire day.

Consistent, warm, flattering — we all need that one eyeshadow that perfectly complements our skin tone and serves as a baseline for any makeup look we're creating.

It was such a worthwhile trip and we were able to use that as a baseline for getting down to the nitty gritty in terms of buying pieces.

It's a nice mystery to have as a baseline for everything around it, but that's almost all Spectral has to it.

Conduct the quiz as a baseline for unit, using the activity to identify gaps in the children's knowledge and understanding and to set the agenda for learning.

If students recognize this format and begin to internalize it, they can use it as a baseline for what reflect means in the future.

In addition, the FrameWorks team consults with the ECIP, using previously conducted research as a baseline for discussion on how to effectively communicate the initiative's focus on reducing developmental barriers to learning.

The new video dataset will also serve as a baseline for future studies of instruction, for instance ones comparing current instruction to that in 2025, to assess whether Common Core State Standards have been met.

What are your thoughts on advocating for using nationally normalized assessments (e.g. NWEA MAP) for each student as a baseline for their education growth during the course of an academic year and aggregating education growth on a school, district, student sub-group, etc. basis as a review body saw fit?

What are the research studies you would promote as speaking empirical truths that might serve as a baseline for «reform».

Still, only 13 states will use this spring's scores in some way and most of those will use the scores as a baseline for student growth between this year and next.

We measure growth and effectiveness of teachers in many cases based upon their students» growth and performance on these tests, so it makes sense to use the results as a baseline for students at the start of the school year.

They are not used as a baseline for progress at KS2.

Both EdReports and Learning List provide rigorous reviews of each material for educators to use as a baseline for their internal review and selection process.

These measurable levels are used as baselines for the development of the measurable annual goals (§ 300.320).

The powertrain control module (PCM) uses this information as a baseline for throttle position sensor performance.

The current V6 - powered A6 commands $ 57,475, including $ 975 for destination, so use that as a baseline for your 2019 model year MSRP guesstimates.