Sentences with phrase «by amount of»

The space telescope infers their existence by the amount of starlight blocked when the orbiting planet passes in front of a distant star from the vantage point of the observer.

(I happen to agree with what I suspect Lomborg was trying to say, which is that the energy efficiency of the U.S. economy defined as the value of the goods and services delivered divided by the amount of energy used could be substantially increased in ways that would be cost - effective even at current energy prices.

«I was impressed by the amount of work» the researchers put in, says molecular geneticist Bernard Dujon of the Institut Pasteur in Paris.

Crowdturfing has become a growing problem in China, India and the U.S. but is often limited by the amount of money a person has available to get others to do the dirty work, he adds.

Photosynthesis was limited by the amount of carbon that green plants could scavenge out of the air.

«Our theory posited that the degree of fold beveling — rather than being simply incised vertically by the «river» — would be determined by the amount of channel mobility, how rapidly the channels switched back and forth across the stream table,» Burbank said.

Frankly, I am distressed by the amount of subjectivity in human society, and I seek to avoid that in science.

TOF is usually defined as the amount of product formed in a catalytic reaction divided by the amount of the catalyst and the reaction time.

Salinity of the surface waters can be influenced by the amount of river water flowing into the oceans, yet no computer models of ancient ocean circulation had included this variable.

«Both of these groups are stereotyped in a similar way about their intellectual abilities and therefore are potentially affected in a similar way by the amount of emphasis that's put on brilliance,» Cimpian said.

They also emphasize that the cosmetic outcomes aren't determined by the amount of fat grafted, but rather by the plastic surgeon's combining careful surgical technique and aesthetic judgment.

«A decrease in general health status that reduces happiness is statistically valued by the amount of family income it would take to completely reverse this reduction in happiness, so that happiness is the same as it was before the decrease in general health status occurred,» Brown stated in the study, which concluded that a year spent in good or excellent health instead of poor or fair health could be valued at $ 41,654.

Yet the Internet's impact on hate crime was not uniform and was predominantly present in areas with higher levels of racism, identified by the amount of racial segregation present and the proportion of racially charged search terms used.

They multiplied these numbers by the amount of carbon emitted by each sector based on state data to identify carbon emissions from employment.

They found that baboon moms that were more social — quantified by the amount of time they spent being groomed by other adult females — had more than the average number of offspring survive to 12 months of age.

Divided up by the amount of bisphenol A measured in urine, those in the top fourth had double the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared with those in the bottom forth.

Subtracting the mass indicated by the amount of the stars» light from that total reveals how much dark matter the...

During the study, Kaiho thought that the amount of soot and temperature anomaly might have been affected by the amount of sedimentary organic - matter.

«If Vinay Deolalikar is awarded the $ 1,000,000 Clay Millennium Prize for his proof of PNP, then I, Scott Aaronson, will personally supplement his prize by the amount of $ 200,000,» Scott Aaronson, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, wrote on his blog, Shtetl - Optimized.

The light and dark sections of the readout display are controlled by the amount of current flowing into them.

Their calculations were based on a formula known as «energy return on investment» — the amount of energy produced by a technology, divided by the amount of energy it takes to build and maintain it.

The GLOBE Program's Observer app lets people to catalog changes in their local atmosphere that are affected by the amount of sunlight hitting Earth.

«We were surprised by the amount of large plastic objects we encountered,» said Dr. Julia Reisser, Chief Scientist of the expeditions.

However, the most recent research suggests that increased serum cholesterol is more affected by intake of saturated fats and trans fats — present in red meat, industrial baked goods, etc. — than by the amount of cholesterol in the diet.

This means that gene expression can be measured by the amount of each unique type of mRNA found in a blood sample.

When, in 2000, he published images and time - lapse movies of bioluminescent fungi on a Web site, he was surprised by the amount of interest it garnered.

And measured by the amount of carbon in their bodies — rather than total weight — jellies consume and incorporate as much prey as fishes do, Acuña's team found.

«Because I'm a freelancer, I can balance my professional and personal lives by the amount of work I commit to at any given time,» says Case.

Still, some are likely to be concerned by the amount of information being made available to Google.

Kaloyeros would have benefited from the grant because his compensation was determined in part by the amount of research grants awarded to SUNY Poly, Schneiderman said.

Uber's purported concern for drivers is also undermined by the amount of money it is investing in driverless car technology.

«Traveling through Queens and, in fact, the entire city of New York, one can be overwhelmed by the amount of people served by our food pantries,» he said.

But the governor also indicated he was surprised by the amount of scrutiny his upstate greeting of Obama received.

There was no explanation how the Minister came by that amount of money.

The SNP were taken aback by the amount of abuse they got online when they abstained with Labour at the second reading.

Communities report being overwhelmed by the amount of engagement with service providers that comes with their participation, yet they remain underwhelmed by the «quality» of this engagement and by the influence it appears to bring.»

Their chances are also determined by the amount of money that they are able to raise and spend.

I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who showed up to support me and my wife,» Morse said.

The minister for small business has hit out at banks for taking too long to set up accounts for new companies — after her partner was astonished by the amount of time it took.

«Obviously I'm very happy and humbled by the amount of people who showed their support for me,» said Supervisor Hansut.

«Essentially the idea would be that an individual's wages would decrease by the amount of the payroll tax and that would be paid to the state,» said David Friedfel of the Citizens Budget Commission.

It is important to understand that class is not qualified by the amount of money controlled by an individual, rather how they relate to productive forces.

Other state legislators on both sides of the aisle were surprised by the amount of public money spent on the settlements.

«So if you are making headway you judge by the amount of progress you make in subsequent elections over and above previous ones.

Bob Graham: I remain deeply disturbed by the amount of material that has been censored from this report.

I am continually amazed by the amount of information available on this subject.

Turkana county residents may also be disappointed by the amount of resources that will flow into their government.

«Obviously, the vision is there, the plan is there but again it is not driven by anything than the citizens themselves and the area that we need improvement is for citizens to have trust or confidence that the taxes they are paying will be returned back in terms of infrastructure but I can tell you that I am also concerned; I see a lot of things I don't like but I am inhibited by the amount of money I have,» Governor Ambode said.

Judging by the amount of information sent to WHO by Ministries of Health, it appears that many governments are taking the code seriously and ensuring that health staff are aware of its contents.

I am completely overwhelmed by the amount of votes that came in for this November 2016 baby competition, maybe the next baby competition should have a TOP 100 too?