Sentences with phrase «as cutting tools»

Stone artifacts unearthed in the same sediment as the fossil jaw included chunks of rock from which sharp flakes were pounded off and used as cutting tools.

Its unique thermal, chemical and mechanical stability means it can also be used as an absorbent, in electronic device fabrication, as a cutting tool material or as an alternative for surgical material for implants.

It's essentially liquid sandpaper, and should be thought of as a cutting tool.

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Federal guidelines for destroying guns require the crushing, cutting, or breaking of the gun parts — typically by torch rather than saw or other tool — to prevent its future use as a firearm.

An act known as the «unboxing,» wherein the mattress, cut free from its compressed wrapping with the help of an enclosed Casper - branded slicing tool, expands to full thickness (10 inches) in one minute.

Almost 6 in 10 saw the benefits beyond a simple cost - cutting tool; businesses saw outsourcing as a tool that enables focus on the core business itself.

- actual data analysis was an incredibly valuable tool as managers decided which expenses to cut and why.

Throughout the campaign, Obama's team has used cutting - edge technology mostly as an organizing tool, but also partly to reinforce the theme of «change» that has been the hallmark of the senator's run for president.

Finance Minister Philip Hammond welcomed the rate cut and said he and Carney had «the tools we need to support the economy as we begin this new chapter and address the challenges ahead.»

Very comprehensive, yet easy - to - understand, this business tool offers more than just the nuts and bolts of writing a business planthe author also provides invaluable insight through real - life examples illustrating key points and avoidable mistakes as well as cutting - edge information for the 21st century entrepreneur.

The tool will then determine if your nest egg will likely be able to support that level of spending throughout retirement or whether you'll need to make adjustments, such as cutting back on expenditures or revising your investing strategy.

This is a nice «auto - pilot» tool which should hopefully cut down on manual management of your investments, as well as alert you to conditions you may not have been tracking otherwise.

Except for the Portuguese synagogue, the buildings look un-Antwerpishly drab, catering to four bourses, several major companies and many more smaller operations that buy and sell stones and / or cut and polish them, as well as businesses selling tools of the trade or offering services like laser inscription removal.

With a dedicated team of data scientists and cutting - edge machine learning algorithms, Riskified is continuously developing new fraud prevention tools to maintain its position as the world's leading risk management platform, keeping our merchants one step ahead of frauds.

The broker offers a cutting edge trading platform as well as a wealth of trading tools and services which appeals to both novice and professional traders.

To exalt him as a great thinker, as though he could take delight in being praised for having honed his mental tools very sharp, no matter what they cut; to speak admiringly of him as an excellent orator, as though adeptness in the use of images were an enviable thing, no matter what they imaged; to do him reverence as a great student who learned from Newton and Locke and the Platonists, from nature itself, no matter what he learned — to honor him thus is to do him no honor that he could accept — or which, accepting, he would not thereafter bitterly rue.

The semi-automatic Ishida QX - 300 Flex tray sealer for short - runs delivers the same high standards of performance, pack appearance and seal integrity as Ishida's inline tray sealer range, and offers sealing tool options for outside cut, shrink film and MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packs) applications.

The technology is incredibly flexible and promises favourable total cost of ownership when compared with outsourcing aspects of your packaging process or buying associated technologies such as die - cutting tools or cutting blades.

The tool that has led to a decrease in employee turnover by as much as 20 percent, significantly cutting Panda's training and rehiring costs.

According to the report, meal solution merchandising can serve as an important tool — providing shoppers with «added value outside of cutting prices.»

Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci is shifting his focus from «sledgehammer» price cuts to finer tools such as data analytics and customer loyalty to lift earnings this year after restoring momentum in Australia's largest supermarket chain.

Offering the same high standards of performance, pack appearance and seal integrity as Ishida's inline tray sealer range, along with sealing tool options for outside cut, shrink film and MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packs) applications, the QX - 300 Flex has been designed for maximum flexibility to meet the demands of short run operations.

They are a good choice for a first quilt, especially if you want to make a baby quilt as a gift but don't necessarily want to invest in all of the tools required to cut and assemble a myriad of patchwork shapes.

«Three out of four newborn deaths could be avoided with simple, low - cost tools that already exist, such as antibiotics for pneumonia, sterile blades to cut umbilical cords and knit caps to keep babies warm.»

The child will still be likely to cry when they want to nurse, as nursing is also a comforting tool, yet the weaning mother must stick to her goal of cutting down the feeding.

Does this line of argument ultimately endorse the coalition government's draconian cuts to legal aid as a tool for securing higher success figures for the UKBA?

And as Tivo and other DVRs cut into the effectiveness of television ads, radio may begin to look more and more attractive as a political tool.

This tool even comes with a depth - guide to make sure you're getting the cut you need as easily as possible.

CRISPR / Cas9 gene drives, as the new tools are called, are molecular cut - and - paste machines that can break regular rules of inheritance and get passed to more than 50 percent of offspring (SN: 12/12/15, p. 16).

Apart from using a host of cutting - edge molecular techniques such as Next Generation Sequencing or NGS, the researchers also had to develop specific bioinformatic tools for analysing large amounts of genomic data.

Relics unearthed in Flores indicate that the hobbits used large stones as hammers to knap and chip away at stone flakes, shaping them into cutting tools.

His teeth, back and front, were also heavily worn from chewing coarse grain and use as a «third hand» for gripping tools and cutting.

Through workshops such as this, the SOT CCT initiative aims to promote development of cutting - edge tools and approaches to toxicology and risk / safety assessment to enhance the professional and scientific development of toxicologists and other scientists.

Paleoshorelines are a useful tool to constrain the magnitude and mechanisms of this uplift, as they are often spectacularly preserved as wave - cut platforms, benches and sea - notches, providing a geological record of the interplay between sea - level changes and rock uplift.

Already, cutting - edge tools such as optogenetics and CLARITY offer researchers novel methods for peering into the structure and function of the brain.

Stone tools have been found at sites with Australopithecus fossils, as well as bones with possible cut marks dating back to 3.2 million to 3.4 million years ago, but in the absence of a fossil hand gripping a tool, it has been impossible to prove that australopithecines made and used tools.

To manufacture a chair, for example, rather than sourcing wood and fabricating it into chairs in a central factory, digital plans for cutting the parts of a chair can be distributed to local manufacturing hubs using computerized cutting tools known as CNC routers.

AUVs such as underwater gliders are valuable research tools limited primarily by their energy budget — every bit of battery power wasted via inefficient trajectories cuts into the time they can spend working.

Conducted at the University of Iowa, this is the first neuroimaging study to use a cutting - edge technique — functional near - infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)-- to enable researchers to track real time changes in brain activity as participants made these two types of stone tools.

Bo Huang (University of California, San Francisco)-- Dr. Huang, a chemical biologist, has successfully repurposed CRISPR - Cas9 (a cutting edge gene - editing tool) as a tool for visualizing the chromosomes in living cells.

We connect innovation with excellence in our ability to develop cutting - edge technologies for nuclear waste management as well as a full suite of advanced robotic tooling and nuclear - grade products including pump seals.

By tuning the material's X-ray absorption, researchers can now use X-ray-computed tomography as a diagnostic tool to image the inside of parts without cutting them open or to investigate 3D - printed objects embedded inside the body, such as stents, joint replacements or bone scaffolds.

The cut marks started a heated debate as some archaeologists claimed that they were not made by stone tools but were the result of probable animal or human trampling.

CRISPR / Cas9 is a hot genome editing tool that was first reported in 2010 as a programmable system for creating DNA cuts at desired locations in prokaryotes.

The students have undergone a comprehensive education in life science emphasising cutting - edge methods in bioinformatic analysis of big data, high throughput techniques of molecular biology as well as how to translate biological findings into diagnostic tools and novel treatments.

The study notes that a key feature of the new CRISPR tool is that it uses a protein called Cpf1, more recently referred to as Cas12a, to essentially function like scissors for cutting out and inserting a targeted line of genetic code.

Because the process of ketosis uses body fat as fuel, one particular group of athletes — the bodybuilders, use this diet as a tool for dropping fat and water, and retaining muscle mass during the cutting phase of their pre-contest preparation.

Many people try meditating as a tool to gain control over their thoughts in addition to cutting out electronics before bed or dream journaling.

This device is extremely powerful in extracting any kind of juices as is it is built with a powerful motor and a sharp cutting tool that lets all users create their favorite healthy fruit juices in no time.

We train coaches in the field of Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition — both cutting edge fields that provide effective tools and protocols to successfully address the eating challenges of our day: weight loss, body image, overeating, binge eating, emotional eating, unwanted eating habits, and the most common nutrition - related health challenges, such as digestion, immunity, fatigue, mood, and more.