Sentences with phrase «basis point measurement»

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The point is to take advantage of neurofeedback — a training tool based on electroencephalography (EEG), the measurement of changes in electrical potential that accompany any brain activity.

The close agreement of land - based measurements also help confirm the accuracy of those made from space, a point that will be important for better global understanding of water stored in a high - altitude environment.

Also, atmospheric measurements of the amounts of methane released by permafrost (a top - down approach) are far less than estimates of these amounts made using point - based field assessments and ecosystem modeling (bottom - up approaches).

ERASMUS also shed light on the potential for ARM to implement routine UAS - based measurements at Oliktok Point.

objectives include: Year 6 objectives • solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate • use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to 3 decimal places • convert between miles and kilometres • recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa • recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes • calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles • calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm ³) and cubic metres (m ³), and extending to other units [for example, mm ³ and km ³] • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables • draw 2 - D shapes using given dimensions and angles • recognise, describe and build simple 3 - D shapes, including making nets • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons • illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius • recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles • describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants) • draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes • interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems • calculate and interpret the mean as an average • read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit • round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy and more!

Goldstein is correct to criticize using test - based, value - added calculations to reward and punish educators, but she misses an important point about how we define our units of measurement.

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...

«It's a pretty simple process — you start with the «From» unit of measurement, such as volume, and type in your base starting point.

This method measures and uses the distance of the thumbstick position relative to the center focus point of the thumbstick base, instead of the standard method, which calculates the measurement using a two - dimensional plane.

At face value, the satellite data is supported by weather balloon data, covers a much larger area of the globe than the surface - based data, and, as you pointed out, is free from the urban heat island effect and other potential flaws of surface measurements.

-- How about THIS: «Thus the weight of evidence points to increasing potential intensity in the region where Pam developed, and consistent with this, increasing intensity of the highest category storms based on satellite - derived measurements» — How about THIS: «All of this is consistent with the strengthening consensus that the frequency of high category tropical cyclones should increase as the planet warms (Knutson et al., 2010).»

Thus the weight of evidence points to increasing potential intensity in the region where Pam developed, and consistent with this, increasing intensity of the highest category storms based on satellite - derived measurements.

There is a difference between the spatial scales associated with a local point measurement and statistics based on many local values.

While stereophotogrammetry, which uses photos to make 3D measurements of cloud boundaries, has been used before to study cloud behavior, Romps» innovation was a technique that does not require a reference point, such as a mountain or other land - based feature.

Humans are probably responsible for most of the CO2 rise based on the observations of the CO2 we are emitting, but to make the claim that Fred has made would require the ability to make accurate measurements of total CO2 at any point in time and then to accurately determine what percentage of that total CO2 is of human origin.

It's best not to pick the starting point for comparison based on the the temperature measurements themselves, or the results you want to get.

And this is a crucial point; Salby's conclusions are based on the best measurements; his critics are rabbiting on about ice core data and other proxies which are up there with how's your mother in terms of evidence.

This follows on from similar points made by Steve Goddard, and another article by Harold Ambler which tries to show how DMI is based on more data measurements than GISS, again providing a setting to raise questions about the reliability of GISS gridded values in the Arctic.

Estimating daily average wind speed based on four point measurements is going to be horribly inaccurate.

This at last brings me to the point of this post, any ground based temperature measurement has to be erroneous, satellite data isn't and it is satellite data that has demonstrated that there has been no GW for over 19 years.

His point still remains that if all of the models were even close to being based upon sound physics, their results really shouldn't look like a frayed string, let alone having the majority of them diverge so severely from actual measurements in nature.

point 3: as far as I know, the 3 W / m2 is based on measurements of absorption lines, be it in a laboratory, not on any theoretical guesses.

With the help of John's research assistant, Marisa Preciado, we identified 106 couples that had Locke Wallace results with measurements over at least two time points: from session to session at the beginning and mostly conducted on a weekly basis thereafter.

Measurements: From base to seat at the front: 48 cm From base to top of back: 79 cm Width: 46 cm at widest point Seat Depth: 41 cm