Sentences with phrase «as the measurements improve»

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This latest research was commissioned by ADEPT in 2010 to identify reliable and consistent measurement of behaviours that will improve practitioners» understanding of how drivers and riders respond to the road environment, as well as provide a means of assessing the degree of success of route safety intervention measures.

This advancement could improve holograms for anti-fraud protection and entertainment, as well as offer more control over the manipulation and measurement of polarization.

Meanwhile the light - subtracting techniques may improve measurements of other phenomena, such as large - scale galaxy motions and the expansion of the universe.

Others, such as a new microsatellite system aiming to improve measurements of hurricane intensity and a highly anticipated new computer simulation that forecasts hurricane paths and intensities, are still in the calibration phase.

He adds that the technique will improve measurements of astronomical distances, which build on the distances of nearby objects such as M33 to estimate the distances to other «standard candles» farther away, such as supernovae.

The ability to control quantum noise could one day be used to improve the precision of very sensitive measurements, such as those obtained by LIGO, the Laser Interferometry Gravitational - wave Observatory, a Caltech - and - MIT - led project searching for signs of gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space - time.

All this modelling work, combined with in situ measurements (oceanographic campaigns recently carried out as part of the AMOP project) help improve our understanding of the interactions between biogeochemistry, atmospheric circulation and oceanic circulation.

As a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

Budimirovic says the current study updated the 2013 recommendations by using a more systematic approach that classified existing outcome measures as either being able to detect shorter - term changes (measures in FXS placebo - controlled trials lasting less than 12 months) or longer - term changes (lasting longer than 12 months) changes and by grading the measures» quantitative properties using the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools arMeasurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools armeasurement tools are selected.

The researchers suggest that to improve pediatric readmissions or revisits as a quality measurement, patients admitted with similar diagnoses could be looked at as a group, to increase the sample size at each hospital and lead to the identification of more outliers.

While the model's electrical signals are analogous to in vivo measurements, researchers warn that there are still many open questions as well as room to improve the model.

As a non-regulatory agency of the Commerce Department, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

As a non-regulatory agency, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

Studying these electrostatic forces required researchers to devise an improved optical approach and to innovate to overcome hurdles, such as the presence of water and mineral - structure effects that impeded precise measurements.

«Using improved airborne measurements of particle scattering and absorbing properties and chemical composition, we can better measure their size distribution as well.»

«Being able to compare measurements made using completely different techniques will provide researchers an improved understanding of how soil might gain or lose carbon as environmental conditions change,» said Bond - Lamberty.

«Graphene electronics are still in their infancy; however, our measurements and simulations project that thermoelectric effects will become enhanced as graphene transistor technology and contacts improve» said Pop, who is also affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science, and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the U. of I....

They used two measurements to gauge a drug's effectiveness and tolerability: the percentage of patients who showed at least a 50 % improvement in their symptoms as measured by one of two scales, or who scored «much improved or very much improved» after eight weeks of treatment (or from 6 to 12 weeks if eight - week data wasn't available) and the percentage of patients who dropped out of the study before eight weeks for any reason.

Specifically, they agreed to develop academic standards and assessments in every state and to expand the use of information technology as a way to improve student performance and aid in the measurement of student achievement.

This survey, created in collaboration with SurveyMonkey, the online survey company, is composed of a set of «scales» — groups of related questions that are analyzed as a whole to improve measurement precision — to assess family — school relationships.

These principles guide districts and schools as they design their own measurement and feedback systems to improve the quality of instruction, which will ultimately lead to enhanced student success.

And even if it is slowly improving, as former Superintendent Romer contends, that improvement will be difficult to discern amid a sea of conflicting statistical measurements.

In addition to the growing number of policy researchers, researchers in the areas of measurement and evaluation have become interested in policy because many reform initiatives have focused on assessment as a primary vehicle for improving student achievement.

Following this trend, a new movement, measurement - driven reform (Popham, Cruse, Rankin, Sandifer, & Williams, 1985), gained in popularity, emphasizing large - scale assessment as a «catalyst to improve instruction» (p. 628).

Accordingly, and also per the research, this is not getting much better in that, as per the authors of this article as well as many other scholars, (1) «the variance in value - added scores that can be attributed to teacher performance rarely exceeds 10 percent; (2) in many ways «gross» measurement errors that in many ways come, first, from the tests being used to calculate value - added; (3) the restricted ranges in teacher effectiveness scores also given these test scores and their limited stretch, and depth, and instructional insensitivity — this was also at the heart of a recent post whereas in what demonstrated that «the entire range from the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the 85th percentile of [teacher] effectiveness [using the EVAAS] cover [ed] approximately 3.5 raw score points [given the tests used to measure value - added];» (4) context or student, family, school, and community background effects that simply can not be controlled for, or factored out; (5) especially at the classroom / teacher level when students are not randomly assigned to classrooms (and teachers assigned to teach those classrooms)... although this will likely never happen for the sake of improving the sophistication and rigor of the value - added model over students» «best interests.»

This detailed information about student academic growth should be used instead of AGT scores or any other measurements based on a single test, as teachers and administrators seek to use data to inform best practices that will improve student achievement;» [emphasis ours]

The state's academic results — abysmal by just about any measurement — don't improve as the children grow older.

While initially they couldn't match the high image quality produced by LCDs, they rapidly improved in display performance as shown in the extensive lab tests and measurements in my Display Technology Shoot - Out article series.

We point out who is leading, who is behind, who is improving, and sometimes (unfortunately) who is back pedaling... all based solely on the extensive objective measurements that we also publish, so that everyone can judge the data for themselves as well... See the main Display Shoot - Out Comparison Table for all of the measurements and details.

We point out who is leading, who is behind, who is improving, and sometimes (unfortunately) who is back pedaling... all based solely on the extensive objective measurements that we also publish, so that everyone can judge the data for themselves as well...

Dell's camera software has improved as well, though you probably won't be using it instead of your smartphone camera unless you really want to take advantage of the depth and measurement features.

Simple, online, practice - friendly numerical rating scales are available and are slowly helping to improve recognition of feline pain.13 One such scale has been developed (but not yet validated) by Colorado State University.13 A currently validated assessment tool is the UNESP - Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scale, available here.14, 15 The Glasgow Feline Composite Measure Pain Scale: CMPS — Feline (CMPS - F) has been described as «a valid scale for the measurement of acute pain in cats [that] heralds a new era in the recognition and management of acute pain in cats.»

Gocator Firmware 4.1 adds new features such as rich filtering, material selection, Countersunk Hole measurement, and improved visualization for displacement sensors.

Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.

If you are interested in the variance of the mean, in other words how precisely you can believe you know the mean value, that improves as the square root of the number of measurements.

So either get some decent ground stations — and place them to remove the urban / rural heating problem (which means controlling vegetation for miles around) and / or get some polar orbiting satellites so we have 100 % satellite coverage OR satellites + detailed accurate measurements of part of the global to act as a reference calibration area to improve accuracy of satellites.

One limitation for improving surface fluxes at all latitudes is that they have not yet been classified as essential climate variables (ECVs) or essential ocean variables (EOVs) for use by the United Nations or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, meaning that specific measurement standards have not been established for minimum spatial and temporal density of observations, accuracy, and long - term stability.

In order to monitor global climate change on a decade - to - decade basis in support of national and foreign policy decisions, it will be necessary to better quantify and to substantially reduce the measurement errors inherent in estimates of global - mean temperature, as well as to develop an improved understanding of the processes that contribute to short term variability of global - mean temperature.

As measurement technology improves so too will the models.]

As ice drillers improved their techniques, making ever better measurements along their layered cores, they found a variety of large steps not only in temperature but also in the CO2 concentration.

As the measurement and prediction of thermal bridging effects continues to improve, it will be more widely included in both energy models and building codes and standards.

She says improved summer weather predictions as well as satellite measurements of sea ice thickness and concentration could help forecasting.

Observation times have shifted from afternoon to morning at most stations since 1960, as part of an effort by the National Weather Service to improve precipitation measurements.

This climate sensitivity evaluation has implications for the atmospheric CO2 amount throughout the Cenozoic era, which can be checked as improved proxy CO2 measurements become available.

The case was then presented for advanced geostationary sounding capabilities as a contribution to GEOSS societal benefit areas, atmospheric ECVs, Numerical Weather Prediction capabilities improved by four - dimensional data assimilation, nowcasting capability, and sensor intercalibration.29 The value of nonclimate applications of such measurements was emphasized.

The Department of Energy can use its role as the research and development arm of the federal government to improve the effectiveness and reduce the costs of emissions measurement and control technologies, such as methane isotope analyzers, infrared cameras, and portable compressors.

The climate feedbacks involved with these changes, which are key in understanding the climate system as a whole, include: + the importance of aerosol absorption on climate + the impact of aerosol deposition which affects biology and, hence, emissions of aerosols and aerosol precursors via organic nitrogen, organic phosphorus and iron fertilization + the importance of land use and land use changes on natural and anthropogenic aerosol sources + the SOA sources and impact on climate, with special attention on the impact human activities have on natural SOA formation In order to quantitatively answer such questions I perform simulations of the past, present and future atmospheres, and make comparisons with measurements and remote sensing data, all of which help understand, evaluate and improve the model's parameterizations and performance, and our understanding of the Earth system.

It should be said that some authorities challenge this measurement, or say that improving technology will reduce the demands, or that it is not as expensive as it seems if you consider that it aims to replace entire governmental monetary systems.

Or, if I'm on Slaw's staff and I think it might be a good idea to try to improve the average reader engagement each post gets, I can perform a calculation on those two metrics to find out how many comments a post gets on average (about 1.3 comments per post) and use that as a baseline measurement.

As impact measurement methodology improves it is becoming clear that the price for delivering impact is not depleted returns - in fact the opposite can often be true.