Despite the «science is settled» and «consensus» claims of the global - warming alarmists, the fear of catastrophic consequences from rising temperatures has been driven not so much by good science
as by computer models and adroit publicity fed to a compliant media.
Not exact matches
By using the pay - as - you - go model, companies could save dramatically — up to 50 percent over five years, Forrester predicts — by increasing efficiency, postponing additional purchases, reducing staffing costs, and improving how they monitor and account for computer usag
By using the pay -
as - you - go
model, companies could save dramatically — up to 50 percent over five years, Forrester predicts —
by increasing efficiency, postponing additional purchases, reducing staffing costs, and improving how they monitor and account for computer usag
by increasing efficiency, postponing additional purchases, reducing staffing costs, and improving how they monitor and account for
computer usage.
And something else was off
as well — the
computers looked identical to a netbook
model manufactured
by Chinese company Menq.
There's been a movement towards a new type of
computer networking called software - defined networking, which could significantly help competitors eat into Cisco's market share, but the company has been able to adjust
by launching a new networking
model — the Application Centric Infrastructure
as it's called — and that will help them stay competitive, says Kvall.
Leading neuroscientists such
as Duke's Miguel Nicolelis reject the transhumanist assertion that the brain could be
modeled by computers.
Jay W. Forrester, professor of management at MIT whose sophisticated
computer modeling of social and environmental issues led to the Club of Rome report on «The Limits of Growth,» sees the political and economic stresses in the world
as caused
by the necessary transition from worldwide growth to equilibrium.
The analogy has recently been put in much more sophisticated terms
by Richard Dawkins in
computer models that incorporate random elements, reproduction, and selection, much
as in the
model of the blind painters (Dawkins).
In Chicago, the Park District will use a new high - tech system that uses
computer software to give real - time predictions of bacteria counts based on such factors
as water temperature,
modeling of the lake bottom and wave action monitored
by buoys.
In the mid-1990s, one team came up with a
computer model that reproduced far - flowing slides
by simulating the interactions between individual particles in the flow, but
computers at the time didn't have the computing power to investigate what was going on in the flow
as a whole.
The new drug - like compounds discovered
by Vogel and her co-authors offer hope that using a
computer - generated P - gp
model, explained here http://bit.ly/1LVmR7a, developed to accurately mimic the physical, chemical and biological functions of the protein in the human body, will speed up the drug discovery process and work in real life
as well.
By looking at the known structure of similar viruses, such
as dengue, researchers have created this 3D
computer model of what the Zika virus might look like
These techniques include: human tissue created
by reprogramming cells from people with the relevant disease (dubbed «patient in a dish»); «body on a chip» devices, where human tissue samples on a silicon chip are linked
by a circulating blood substitute; many
computer modelling approaches, such
as virtual organs, virtual patients and virtual clinical trials; and microdosing studies, where tiny doses of drugs given to volunteers allow scientists to study their metabolism in humans, safely and with unsurpassed accuracy.
Current
computer models, however, do not simplify reality
as much
as those used a few years ago, and they are less heavily influenced
by the underlying assumptions, says Stadler.
Taking sides In 2003, Russell Gray and his then doctoral student, Quentin Atkinson, at the University of Auckland in New Zealand generated a maelstrom of controversy
by claiming to have solved,
by computer modeling, what has been described
as «the most intensively studied, yet still the most recalcitrant, problem of historical linguistics», coming down on the side of Anatolia4 (see «Language tree rooted in Turkey»).
Catch phrases — many of academic origin (supply and demand, economies of scale, stimulus and response, IQ, schizophrenic, identity crisis, reinforcement, social skills,
computer model, the selfish gene, and so on ad infinitum)-- are accepted uncritically
by most literate people
as representing eternal realities.
The
computer model, designed
by research fellow Iain Couzin, could lead to improved guidance systems for clusters of robots, such
as those used to gather oceanographic and atmospheric data.
Using numerical
models and
computer simulations, the researchers show how spinning particles, pushed about
by the fluid flows created
as each particle spins, can arrange themselves into an array of emergent macro-scale patterns.
«If in the Neoarchean period 97 % of the Earth's surface had been,
as estimated from
computer models, covered
by water, these geochemical signals would not have been found for Neoarchean seawater,» adds Dr. Hoffmann.
They demonstrated its the material's potential
by using it to replicate the biological motion of the heart, and also developed a matching 3D
computer model of it,
as reported in Advanced Materials.
Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and alumnus Navid Sakhavand first built atom - level
computer models of pillared graphene — sheets of graphene connected
by covalently bonded carbon nanotubes — to discover their strength and electrical properties
as well
as their thermal conductivity.
Two patients with the specific resistance mutation analyzed achieved partial remissions when treated with a regimen that included the EGFR antibody cetuximab,
as predicted
by the
computer - based structural
modeling.
Computer model projections of future conditions analyzed
by the Scripps team indicate that regions such
as the Amazon, Central America, Indonesia, and all Mediterranean climate regions around the world will likely see the greatest increase in the number of «dry days» per year, going without rain for
as many
as 30 days more every year.
As for the shifting braids, the researchers conclude that they result from the motion of as - yet - identified moonlets through the ring — a hypothesis confirmed by computer models — and the occasional influence of Prometheus, a potato - shaped moon that orbits in the gap between the F ring and Saturn's much bigger A rin
As for the shifting braids, the researchers conclude that they result from the motion of
as - yet - identified moonlets through the ring — a hypothesis confirmed by computer models — and the occasional influence of Prometheus, a potato - shaped moon that orbits in the gap between the F ring and Saturn's much bigger A rin
as - yet - identified moonlets through the ring — a hypothesis confirmed
by computer models — and the occasional influence of Prometheus, a potato - shaped moon that orbits in the gap between the F ring and Saturn's much bigger A ring.
To better understand how changes in diet, lifestyle, and exposure to modern medicine affect primates» guts, a team of researchers led
by University of Minnesota
computer science and engineering professor Dan Knights, veterinary medicine professor Tim Johnson, and veterinary medicine Ph.D. student Jonathan Clayton, used DNA sequencing to study the gut microbes of multiple non-human primates species in the wild and in captivity
as a
model for studying the effects of emigration and lifestyle changes.
The algorithm used
by a
computer model called the Boltzmann machine, invented
by Geoffrey Hinton and Terry Sejnowski in 1983, appears particularly promising
as a simple theoretical explanation of a number of brain processes, including development, memory formation, object and sound recognition, and the sleep - wake cycle.
In the theoretical study, the researchers developed
computer models to understand if there are common - place instances when the geckos» ability to hold on to surfaces might be challenged, such
as when canopy - dwelling geckos are being chased
by a predator and are forced to leap from a tree, hoping to land on a leaf below.
Limited
by the era's
computers and understanding of physics, Wilson's
model relied on simplifications — such
as the star being a perfect sphere — and incorrect assumptions about the behavior of very dense matter and how neutrinos move from the core's interior to the crucial outer parts where the heating of the shock wave occurs.
As part of this research, «we identified highly conserved unique protein sequences that were predicted
by computer modeling to assume structures characteristic of natural antibacterial peptides.
HP originally envisioned the technology
as a way to create
computer displays in car or train windows, but Xtreme Energetics wants
by 2010 to begin including this circuitry in its solar panels to improve their ability gather sunlight — another take on the thin - film
model.
In this technique, scientists initiate a
computer model with data collected before a past event, and then test the
model's accuracy
by comparing its output with observations recorded
as the event unfolded.
Daniel Alan Perley, Socorro High School, Socorro, New Mexico Dynamic Formation of Tidal Structure in Interacting Galaxies
as Determined
by Newtonian
Model Computer Simulations: Phase II
In summary,
by using this platform of routine depression and anxiety tests in conjunction with more sophisticated
computer vision systems such
as SmartCube ®, we hope to optimize drug screening using this CSDS
model, which captures several important aspects of affect including depression, anxiety and also post-traumatic stress.
A molecule containing three oxygen atoms,
computer models suggest that ozone on Venus is formed when sunlight breaks up carbon dioxide molecules and releases oxygen atoms, which are swept around to the planet's nightside
by winds where they can then combine to form unstable, three - atom ozone molecules,
as well
as much more stable, two - atom molecules essential for animals.
In addition, the high activity of Fe - N - C catalysts and the FeN4 active - site structure was predicted
by computer modeling conducted at Los Alamos,
as was the possible reaction pathway.
These
models were created
by students at the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in Chile
as part of the
computer software education program supported
by the Joint ALMA Observatory.
Hassan has been awarded a 2017 Newman Student Award Medal, for his work on «
Computer modeling of the sound diffusion and scattering coefficients and their influence on the diffusivity and acoustic quality of architectural spaces»,
as nominated
by Prof. Martin Gold.
In Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith, Sarah Jane seems to be showing signs of Alzheimer's just
as another, ruder, female defender of Earth, Ruby White [Julie Graham] appears — complete with her own extraterrestrial
computer, a handheld
model called Mr. White [voiced
by Eddie Marsan].
This was one of the questions that prompted me, in 1997, to move my English language arts methods classes into a
computer classroom, specifically
as a response to the NCATE technology task force's mandate for teacher educators to make themselves role
models of lifelong learning
by integrating technology into practice.
The images from all four cameras are then stitched together and
modeled by computer simulation to appear
as if you are outside of the car, looking back.
As the world's car builders — aided
by computers, wind tunnels and marketing surveys — reach toward optimum satisfaction of the global community's transportation needs, perhaps individual auto
models will lose their corporate and national identities and become universal items, equally familiar in different cultures.
That's an understatement:
As of mid-December, 10 percent of American adults owned tablet computers, according to a Pew Research Center survey; by mid-January and the end of the holiday season, that number had jumped to 19 percent — and it only stands to climb as more affordable models, like Barnes and Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle Fire, are introduced, and as technological advances enable all companies to produce tablets that are better, faster, and cheape
As of mid-December, 10 percent of American adults owned tablet
computers, according to a Pew Research Center survey;
by mid-January and the end of the holiday season, that number had jumped to 19 percent — and it only stands to climb
as more affordable models, like Barnes and Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle Fire, are introduced, and as technological advances enable all companies to produce tablets that are better, faster, and cheape
as more affordable
models, like Barnes and Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle Fire, are introduced, and
as technological advances enable all companies to produce tablets that are better, faster, and cheape
as technological advances enable all companies to produce tablets that are better, faster, and cheaper.
Those were the essential pre requisites; now the general ones are referring to: a Windows running
computer which must be near you; your Nexus 4 and its USB cable should also be near you
as you will have to use them; on the
computer and smartphone the antivirus tools must be deactivated; the USB debugging option from your device must be enabled; the Nexus 4 battery should be charged (if there is less than 50 % power left) and you shouldn't apply this step
by step guide unless you own the LG Google Nexus 4
model number E960 phone.
The complaint says that the publishers named
as defendants «almost simultaneously announced that they were switching from a wholesale pricing
model to an Agency
model for eBook sales» in January 2010 and «the announcements to shift to the Agency
model coincided with the release
by Apple of the iPad tablet
computer.
As another example, the previously successful hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), was driven into the ground in 1998 as a result of the ripple effect caused by the Russian government's debt default, something the company's computer models could not have predicte
As another example, the previously successful hedge fund, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), was driven into the ground in 1998
as a result of the ripple effect caused by the Russian government's debt default, something the company's computer models could not have predicte
as a result of the ripple effect caused
by the Russian government's debt default, something the company's
computer models could not have predicted.
A true believer in technology's aesthetic potential, he is intent on reinventing traditional pictorial methods — specifically, painting and drawing —
by using the
computer's capabilities and limitations to turn ordinary, Pop - inspired objects (video games and their characters,
computer cables, screens, Apple Quick - Take cameras, etc.) into motifs but also stylistic
models, painting them
as if seen on - screen.
Bunker integrates various strands running through Yi Gu's life into a sculptural form that also serves
as a vessel for sonic reconfiguration - via acoustic sampling and
computer modeling - of sounds made
by the viewer into different aural dimensions, immaterial spaces and landscapes connected to Yi Gu's biography.
In the case of Geometric Death Frequency - 141, the «book» is a digital photograph of the museum's clocktower entry courtyard
as taken
by the artist, which the artist then transforms into pure data, and modulates using analytical and fluid dynamic
modeling techniques, finally rendering the data stream into a three - dimensional sculpture using state - of - the - art
computer - aided manufacturing methodologies.
The National Engineers Week Future City Competition promotes engineering
as a creative profession
by challenging middle school students to design their vision of the city of tomorrow through
computer simulation and a three - dimensional
model.
You can not provide a reference, and I will continue to know that the data provided
by Myhre el al 1998 is based on non-validated
computer models; the same
as every other
model that claims to support CGAW.
The scientistsâ $ ™ predictions also undermine the standard climate
computer models, which assert that the warming of the Earth since 1900 has been driven solely
by man - made greenhouse gas emissions and will continue
as long
as carbon dioxide levels rise.