Sentences with phrase «as useful models»

Physiological similarities between dogs and humans, and conserved genetics between some dog and human cancers, can allow pet dogs to serve as useful models for studying new cancer drugs, he said.

He cited the U.S. National Institutes of Health's PubMed Central as a useful model of an open - access database.

He questions the one - hit - a-day approach as a useful model of concussions in high - school athletes, however.

When the road gets bumpy and unpredictable, consider Ben Whittaker from The Intern as a useful model of someone who leaned into a different learning environment instead of resisting it, observed his surroundings, and found points of entry while maintaining the values of personal interaction, conversation, and relationship building.

In this instance, Ripley uses Poland as a useful model for what the United States» system could and should be.

Russeth writes that the show «is joyous and illuminating, filled with rarely seen pictures that elegantly make the case that [Stettheimer] is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century and could serve as a useful model for those of the 21st.»

Not exact matches

Neuroscience can provide useful insights — such as why economists believe and act on the basis of narrow and sometimes flawed models.»

While models that attempt to forecast potential economic impacts provide useful insights regarding potential risks when exploring policy choices, the Commission is of the view that it must also consider the potential upsides of greater choice, including the retention of subscribers in the system, as well as the risks associated with maintaining the status quo in a context of increased demand for more choice.

The Business Model Canvas looks beyond those charts and is especially useful because it combines a practical and tangible approach in covering the various areas and aspects of planning a business but emphasizes the need to iterate as conditions change.

[For mathematically inclined clients, a simplistic, but useful way to see this is to examine the dividend discount model: Price = Dividend / (k - g) where g is the long - term growth rate of dividends and k is the long - term return required by investors, written as the sum of the risk free rate and a risk premium (k = Rf + z).

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I think by «right» here they mean the most useful choice for their business (as in decisions based on the business model — ie: profit at some point as noted in the saying).

Actually, I think it's useful to think of «Big Bang» as a short - hand for «That point in the past when the energy density becomes so high that our current models of physics can't describe what happened».

The Protestant evangelical model, which tends to stress charismatic leadership, may be useful in understanding the widespread perception of certain public figures as «trustworthy.»

However, while it is useful as a heuristic in developing models of reaction mechanisms, it has been shown to fail as a criterion for selecting among some selected published models.

Ephesians gives us a different model for relationships: «Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.»

On the other hand, complementarity does not require us to treat models merely as useful fictions, or to accept a positivist interpretation.

He defines theology as reflection on the faith of the people of God — a second - order activity that provides useful models rather than the scientific deduction of intellectual truth from a mother lode of truth in scripture.

Also, me and - Doc, are not denying that as you can see, at least from my posting above, that the AA «model» can be useful for some people at times.

Factors in the struggle of a people to exist as a corporate body are set forth in the four - function paradigm of Talcott Parsons.10 Although the adequacy of his analysis is challenged by other theories, especially those focused upon social change, 11 Parsons's model provides a useful delineation of the actions implicated in a group's toil to perpetuate itself.

Braithwaite, who considers scientific models dispensable, in turn treats religious language as a morally useful fiction.

But if we insist that religious models are not literal descriptions, can we avoid the opposite extreme of treating them as useful fictions?

The problem is that while the imitation model may be useful and perhaps even accurate in particular individual situations, it is totally inadequate as a model for policy - formulation on a societal level.

Also, the NCM460 cell line that Dr. Ebert and the carrageenan lobby criticize is derived from normal colonic mucosa and is useful to model effects on colonic cells, in the same way that other intestinal cell lines, such as Caco2 and HT29, are useful.

It's a good idea to provide a few different images, so as well as a lifestyle shot or a modelling shot, it's useful to have a photograph of the product on a white background and a close - up detail shot too.

With this model you get useful functions such as infrared night vision an 800 to 900 foot coverage.

Finally, it's worth noting that this sack also can have a longer useful lifespan than more traditional zip - up models on the market, because it can work as a jumpsuit during the after - swaddle, before - blanket stage.

Besides beauty appreciation, their aesthetic perception is being modeled as they «make useful creations which also shall please».

The above models can also be in your list as each of them has a lot of useful features.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

But traditional models also do the job just as well, plus they continue to be useful well after your baby is enjoying the same food as the rest of the family.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

As a preface, the idea of the chart is accurate, in a sense that there is a consensus among political scientists or pretty much anyone else with interest in politics that a multi-axis political spectrum model (like Nolan chart, or the chart you show which is an example of a political compass) is a far better, more accurate, more useful, and overall less...

«It's useful in modeling concepts in neuroscience to have a system that will yield a diverse range of behaviors for small changes of a control parameter, as this may help offer some insights about how the same neural tissue displays different responses,» Alonso said, whose research was funded by a fellowship from the Leon Levy Foundation.

«This is precisely why a comprehensive mathematical model is so useful: we use accessible data from the production process in real time, such as the concentration of various substances in the bioreactor, and use our computer model to calculate the most probable state of the process.»

«Europa's surface has many similarities to Enceladus's surface, and so I hope that this model will be useful for Europa as well,» Kite said.

Whales and dolphins could provide a useful model for research into such impacts, largely because their sounds are relatively easy to study: They are among the loudest noises any animal has ever made, reaching as much as 188 decibels in the blue whale.

Because the researchers found that CTLA4Ig was effective in suppressing hepatitis in this study, they suggest that CTLA4Ig should be among the therapeutic options investigated further as a potential therapy for patients with severe acute hepatitis B. To this end, this animal model is useful for virological and immunological analysis of HBV infection.

However, he added, the patient - derived iPSCs are highly useful as a model cell system for investigating blood disorders.

«This model may be useful to advocates and policymakers as they pursue efforts to prevent the worst effects of climate change,» adds senior author Patrick Kinney, director of the Climate and Health Program and professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

«Finches offer researchers a new tool with which to study Huntington's disease: Like humans, songbirds learn their vocalizations, suggesting they could be useful as models for certain disorders.»

He hopes the model will be useful for future predictions along these lines, such as looking at pathways of disease progression.

The model can serve as a useful tool for environmental legislation.

Cacti are generally associated with low moisture habitats and may be useful as a model to study the impact of Pleistocene climatic change, for example.»

But if homologous recombination could be worked out in human (embryonic) stem cells, then cardiomyocytes with mutations in ion channels could be derived, as well as a large number of other very useful disease models of other tissues.

The disease progressed very gradually, just as it does in humans, suggesting that the hamsters could provide a useful animal model system.

Predicting these systems through computational models based on data is a powerful tool useful for basic research as well as for commercial biotechnology (such as producing nutraceuticals and biopharmaceuticals).

«What we're hoping we can do is get our computer algorithm to spit out models of phenomena so that we, as scientists, can use them and our intuition to make useful generalizations.

Dr Singer added: «We see this model as a useful tool to simulate climate change in regions and cases where traditional models and methods don't capture the trends.»

Especially as school districts look at implementing Next Generation Science Standards, and researchers are encouraged to do more outreach for broader impact, a better understanding of the mental models of STEM ed and the value of designing an online classroom can be useful.