Sentences with phrase «by its distribution approach»

Not exact matches

Just as importantly, his work on the distribution of electricity led to the world's first power plant in New York City (though his technology choice, direct current (DC), was eventually surpassed by the alternating current approach (AC) championed by rival inventor, Nikola Tesla).

He tests this approach by matching actual yield curve data with standardized (normal) R and C distributions that both have zero mean and standard deviation one (such that standardized R and C may be negative).

Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

We differentiated between computational approaches (either based on volume data, such as the number of mentions related to a party or candidate or the occurrence of particular hashtags; or endorsement data, such as the number of Twitter followers, Facebook friends or the number of «likes» received on Facebook walls), sentiment analysis approaches, that pay attention to the language and try to attach a qualitative meaning to the comments (posts, tweets) published by social media users employing automated tools for sentiment analysis (i.e., via natural language processing models or the employment of pre-defined ontological dictionaries), and finally what we call supervised and aggregated sentiment analysis (SASA), that is, techniques that exploit the human codification in their process and focus on the estimation of the aggregated distribution of the opinions, rather than on individual classification of each single text (Ceron et al. 2016).

An approach developed in Freiburg by researchers from Rome, Milan; Redmond, USA; Paris, and Freiburg now makes it possible for the first time to identify characteristic statistical signatures across unmeasurable probability distributions.

This model approach proved its effectiveness by enabling observed forest structures, especially the tree size distribution, to be reproduced accurately.

By combining SNP - targeting allele - specific silencing and gain - of - function approaches, we showed that a 46 - glutamine expansion in human HTT was sufficient for a dominant - negative effect on spindle orientation and changes in the distribution within the spindle pole and the cell cortex of dynein, p150Glued and NuMA in neural cells.

This approach allowed them to compare the rate and distribution of warming predicted by models with those shown in observations.

Credibility, innovative thinking and the highest level of customer service have led the company to become a driving force in the fashion accessories industry by empowering talents with an integrated strategic approach to distribution and communication.

But as well as that, Amazon has also repeatedly emphasised its dedication to the theatrical experience — a line intended to distinguish it from Netflix's day - and - date approach, with Amazon's distribution plans usually involving a cinema release followed by an online release after the traditional theatrical window has expired.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

Culbertson took a deliberate approach to the distribution of leadership, driven by a principal and district leaders committed to collaborative work and planfully aligned leadership distribution.

Our observations made by way of these lenses yield a richer understanding of leadership distribution than we could have attained via a narrower approach.

Applicants must submit plans that demonstrate innovative approaches to literacy that include free book distribution, childhood literacy activities, or both, and that are supported by at least one scientifically valid research study.

We are guided by the research which has shown that the community organizing approach to school reform has led to successes such as increases in education funding, more equitable distribution of education resources, greater access to college preparatory curriculum, and more effective teacher recruitment and retention in hard - to - staff schools.

A marketing plan's approach will vary according to the book's content, the author's short - term and long - term goals, and even by the types of distribution channels lined up for the book.

I uploaded my book in September 2010 and was approached by a major publisher on December 1st of 2011 for potential print distribution.

If you're using the deferral approach (the one where half the income is taxed on your 2011 return and half on your 2012 return), you can accelerate income into an earlier year by taking distributions from the Roth after the conversion.

This is considered an active approach and investors holding these funds in taxable accounts will likely incur a higher exposure to tax liabilities due to short term and long term capital gains distributions relative to those incurred by passively managed funds.

[1] Where feral cats are concerned, however, the «Proposed Action» is nothing more than the «traditional» trap - and - kill approach — this, despite the fact that FWS lacks sufficient data concerning the distribution of, and extent of predation by, feral cats.

The company attempted to push its proposals as a forward - looking approach to games distribution, inspired by iTunes and the PC gaming service Steam.

Continuing its digital - first approach to distribution, the Game Awards 2016 show featured highlight moments including Hideo Kojima receiving the industry icon award, Michael Phelps presenting Best eSports Player award, and performances by Run the Jewels, Rae -LSB-...]

Continuing its digital - first approach to distribution, the Game Awards 2016 show featured highlight moments including Hideo Kojima receiving the industry icon award, Michael Phelps presenting Best eSports Player award, and performances by Run the Jewels, Rae Sremmurd, and the soundtrack of Doom.

Borne out of «Book Club» (2010), a think tank and reading group organized by artists Steffani Jemison and Jamal Cyrus for Project Row Houses, Houston, «Alpha's Bet» investigates approaches to language, the written word, self - education, and democratic distributions of knowledge.

Siegelaub's approach mirrored the Conceptual art movement by raising important questions about the making, display, ownership, distribution, and selling of works of art.

The other issues in Rio are mostly trouble for an American president, having to do with foreign assistance, inequitable distribution of wealth and power, oceans (the United States is still blocked from ratifying the Law of the Sea treaty by a small Senate bloc) and efforts to find common approaches to conserving global assets like the planet's biological diversity — a fight far beyond the power of a single leader to sway.

Scattering may also drive the distribution over polarizations toward an equilibrium (which would be, at any given frequency and direction, constant over polarizations so long as the real component of the index of refraction is independent of polarization) Interactions wherein photons are scattered by matter with some exchange of energy will eventually redistribute photons toward a Planck - function distribution — a blackbody spectrum — characteristic of some temperature, and because the exchange involves some other type of matter, the photon gas temperature (brightness temperature) will approach the temperature of the material it is interacting with -LRB-?

Renewable technologies in themselves, in other words, are not a solution by themselves — their success requires a «cognitive transition», translating into a deep change in our entire approach to the consumption and distribution of resources.

Whereas the correct approach is to determine the relative likelihoods for differing values of S by asking the question: «Given S what is the likelhood of the error distribution for S *?»

As to equilibrium, I've been using that term to describe a configuration in which entropy is maximized, not as one that necessarily is characterized by a Boltzmann distribution, although an equilibrium microcanonical ensemble approaches such a distribution in the limit.

Partly by taking an exacting approach to atmospheric aerosols, which are natural and human - generated particles that play a role in the distribution of solar energy.

This «funding» can assume many forms, including actual cash capital contributions by partners (the most fiscally responsible and conservative approach) or deferred distribution of earned income.

Legalize and Regulate Marijuana WHEREAS, despite almost a century of prohibition, millions of Canadians today regularly consume marijuana and other cannabis products; WHEREAS the failed prohibition of marijuana has exhausted countless billions of dollars spent on ineffective or incomplete enforcement and has resulted in unnecessarily dangerous and expensive congestion in our judicial system; WHEREAS various marijuana decriminalization or legalization policy prescriptions have been recommended by the 1969 - 72 Commission of Enquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, the 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, and the 2002 House of Commons Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs; WHEREAS the legal status quo for the criminal regulation of marijuana continues to endanger Canadians by generating significant resources for gang - related violent criminal activity and weapons smuggling — a reality which could be very easily confronted by the regulation and legitimization of Canada's marijuana industry; BE IT RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will legalize marijuana and ensure the regulation and taxation of its production, distribution, and use, while enacting strict penalties for illegal trafficking, illegal importation and exportation, and impaired driving; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will invest significant resources in prevention and education programs designed to promote awareness of the health risks and consequences of marijuana use and dependency, especially amongst youth; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will extend amnesty to all Canadians previously convicted of simple and minimal marijuana possession, and ensure the elimination of all criminal records related thereto; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Liberal government will work with the provinces and local governments of Canada on a coordinated regulatory approach to marijuana which maintains significant federal responsibility for marijuana control while respecting provincial health jurisdiction and particular regional concerns and practices.

Which means for the time being, those who own life insurance and are approaching the maturity age of their life insurance policy really do face the potentially «taxing» problem of outliving their insurance coverage, and being impacted by the resulting taxable event of receiving the policy's proceeds as a living distribution!

Looking forward, VHX may also experiment with serialized or subscription content — by focusing on individual projects, the company is able to stay flexible how it approaches distribution.

«You don't become a Facebook by restricting data access to developers,» the industry veteran concluded in a statement provided to AndroidHeadlines, thus emphasizing his point about a strategy focused on both data protection and distribution being the only viable approach to future development.

The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation proposes, in the national strategy to overcome Indigenous disadvantage, that Commonwealth / State fiscal relations with Indigenous people could be improved by governments employing mechanisms to ensure adequate funding; offering supplementary funding incentives for meeting benchmarks agreed with Indigenous organizations (such as through federal Special Purpose Payments grants); pooling funds across agencies and levels of government; developing a joint agency approach to coordination of services and programs; creating flexible funding arrangements; ensuring geographic distribution of funds; and through prioritising the allocation of funds to community controlled services.

This also facilitates the identification of determinants of average mental health in the population (rather than focusing on the extreme ends of the distribution), which will provide important information to guide the development and implementation of universal mental health promotion programmes alongside targeted approaches for vulnerable children.34 Data were collected by self - report, providing access to the child's own perspective on their experiences, which may be particularly important for phenomena that are less readily judged by other informants.

For Indigenous peoples in Australia the rights approach to development as elaborated by the DRD provides a basis for their «free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of benefits resulting therefrom».

Once she came on board at EYCI, on top of the breakfast program she helped co-ordinate such projects as hosting a luncheon to recognize over 130 teachers; organizing a community forum on Internet safety; bringing peer mentors into the school; improving parent - to - parent communications by almost tripling the distribution list of parent email addresses («I don't mind approaching people.