To provide information to stakeholders addressing these issues, the USGS Groundwater Resources Program made a detailed assessment of groundwater availability of the Central Valley aquifer system, that includes: (1) the present status of groundwater resources; (2) how these resources have changed over time; and (3) tools to
assess system responses to stresses from future human uses and climate variability and change.
Not exact matches
Results from studies that only
assess consumer preferences for different labelling
systems, may be affected by other factors, including people's familiarity with a particular
system and social desirability associated with particular
responses, such as choosing the
system that is seen to portray the most information.
In the current context of global warming it is important to
assess the impacts that changes in ocean and climate may have on Antarctica, and reconstructing past climate fluctuations provides vital information on the
responses and possible feedback mechanisms within the climate
system.
The
system enables each user's condition to be monitored and the
response to the instructed therapy
assessed, so personalised plans can be created and any deterioration in health status that requires immediate intervention can be detected.
The editors used a five - star ranking
system — and had lots of help from experts — to
assess the presidential candidates»
responses to 14 top science questions
Amelia's broader research focuses on connecting ecological and spatial data to
assess responses of coastal and marine
systems to threats, in order to determine ecological ramifications of ecosystem degradation.
Through December 31, 2016, the Defense Department had spent about $ 200 million to
assess contaminated sites, test water
systems, and provide filters and bottled water in
response to PFOA and PFOS.
With enough information, the
system can
assess how an audience is reacting to a movie so accurately that it can predict an individual's
responses based on just a few minutes of observation, says Disney research scientist Peter Carr.
Available for any device with a browser (smartphones, tablets, iPod touch), this Web - based student -
response system enables you to
assess in real time — via multiple - choice, short - answer, and true - false questions — how much of the material your students understand.
A student
response system allowed one professor to
assess student answers immediately during lecture and to adapt his instruction according to student understanding of key concepts.
Such a
response ignores problems inherent in these
systems and would not provide decision makers with the information they need to
assess educational quality and improvement.
Some states had already started down this path, broadening the measures they used to
assess school quality in
response to federal education policy changes made in 2011 through the Obama administration's No Child Left Behind waivers.2 Building on this progress, ESSA requires all states to rethink their school classification
systems in consultation with community members.
Students will be
assessed on their Understanding of Key Concepts, Author's Craft, and Vocabulary through a combination of teacher / student interactions and individual student
response using an online assessment
system.
It is in
response to this concern that we have produced Compass, a tracking
system which is designed on the principle that «we
assess in order to teach».
They are used to investigate the processes responsible for maintaining the general circulation and its natural and forced variability (Chapter 8), to
assess the role of various forcing factors in observed climate change (Chapter 9) and to provide projections of the
response of the
system to scenarios of future external forcing (Chapter 10).
Clearly, further research into the carbon cycle will be essential to reduce the level of uncertainty about the climate
system's
response to CO2 emissions.For further reading: R. T. Watson et al.: «Green - house gases and aero - sols» in Houghton et al., «Climate Change, the IPCC Scientific
Assess - ment», Cambridge (1990).
Quantification of Climate
System Responses: On equilibrium climate sensitivity, several delegations, including Australia, the Netherlands and others, noted that the message that the lower limit of the
assessed «likely» range of climate sensitivity is less than the 2 °C in the AR4 can be confusing to policy makers and suggested noting it is the same as in previous assessments.
Studies surveyed Millar, R. et al. (2017) Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 C, Nature Geophysics, doi: 10.1038 / ngeo3031 Matthews, H.D., et al. (2017) Estimating Carbon Budgets for Ambitious Climate Targets, Current Climate Change Reports, doi: 10.1007 / s40641 -017-0055-0 Goodwin, P., et al. (2018) Pathways to 1.5 C and 2C warming based on observational and geological constraints, Nature Geophysics, doi: 10.1038 / s41561 -017-0054-8 Schurer, A.P., et al. (2018) Interpretations of the Paris climate target, Nature Geophysics, doi: 10.1038 / s41561 -018-0086-8 Tokarska, K., and Gillett, N. (2018) Cumulative carbon emissions budgets consistent with 1.5 C global warming, Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038 / s41558 -018-0118-9 Millar, R., and Friedlingstein, P. (2018) The utility of the historical record for
assessing the transient climate
response to cumulative emissions, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, doi: 10.1098 / rsta.2016.0449 Lowe, J.A., and Bernie, D. (2018) The impact of Earth
system feedbacks on carbon budgets and climate
response, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, doi: 10.1098 / rsta.2017.0263 Rogelj, J., et al. (2018) Scenarios towards limiting global mean temperature increase below 1.5 C, Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038 / s41558 -018-0091-3 Kriegler, E., et al. (2018) Pathways limiting warming to 1.5 °C: A tale of turning around in no time, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, doi: 10.1098 / rsta.2016.0457
Sometimes the government bureaucracy is so cumbersome, that an emergency
response system needs to be in place
assessing risk and degree of
responses on a regular basis.
I was continuing to root through the AGU FM abstracts and came across this from Christina Ravelo et al. (paragraphed for easier digestion by dyspeptic elderly bunnies): «The
response of climate to past changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas composition can be used to
assess Earth
System sensitivity.
Mike develops and deploys a range of quantitative tools to study climate change and its impacts,
assess risks to human and economic
systems, and analyze policy
responses.
Formal detection and attribution (Section 9.1.2) uses objective statistical tests to
assess whether observations contain evidence of the expected
responses to external forcing that is distinct from variation generated within the climate
system (internal variability).
Assessed and enforced trading
systems in
response to market opportunities and changing environment.
Assessed information security requirements for NRC Safeguards Information (SGI) Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), and Restricted Data (RD) as typed for the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response (NSIR); Responsible for NSIR modifications to Human Resource Management
System decommissioning (legacy due for modernizations)
Medical Affairs Liaison — Duties & Responsibilities Provide guidance and leadership with respect to the diagnosis and resolution of various issues in
response to incidents reported by customers, working efficiently and effectively to implement related solutions and maintain high - quality customer service Administer all quality control functions while interacting professionally with outside contacts, including firm public relations professionals, representatives, client associates and other parties, providing relevant information, materials and support as needed Identify and deconstruct issues utilizing honed problem resolution techniques, collaborating with other professionals to address uncovered issues and shortfalls while acting as internal clinical and product - related expert Manage and oversee the development and implementation of critical
systems and processes while coordinating support and customer service functions, working effectively to utilize all available resources and maintaining all relevant information Review proposed modifications to client operating environments, implementing fixes and resolutions to minimize service disruptions on an on - going basis, clearing duplicated and out - dated entries, and performing general account management functions Participate in the administration of various organizations, clinics, associations and other groups,
assessing operational strategies regularly Assist in the performance of related analyses and needs - based assessments of product gaps, service requirements and operations - related areas to develop and implement required projects while determining the feasibility and functionality of proposed solutions Collaborate with sales and marketing professionals to drive revenue growth, improve firm visibility, expand product markets and integrate valuable customer feedback into future research and development Utilize talent among team members with effective communication and the promotion of a performance - based work environment Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of departments teams and vendor representatives as needed Create and maintain issue - tracking and resolution databases while auditing all entries for accuracy and completeness Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of all relevant products, services, industry trends, tools and related information Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, professionalism, and commitment to firm success
The classification
system assesses these patterns across four domains: the couple's engagement in the helping relationship, the therapist's
response to the relationship, the couple's relationship history and the couple's ability to use and maintain support networks.
• The brain has mechanisms for
assessing and responding to threat, and chronic threat may cause permanent brain changes — When the stress
response system of the brain is activated by a traumatic experience, the brain makes an association between the traumatic experience and the accompanying sensory stimuli (sights, sounds, etc.).
The cortisol awakenings
response (CAR) measured hypothalamic — pituitary — adrenal (HPA) axis activity, whereas autonomous nervous
system (ANS) activity was
assessed by heart rate (HR), pre-ejection period (PEP) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA).