Evolution doesn't predict that anatomies or behaviors or cognitive capacities will keep
changing at a constant rate for all species.
Programming the material to
change at a constant rate was easy.
Typing f (x) = 50sin (x) will produce an example that clearly does not
change at a constant rate.
The rise in emitted energy seems a much simpler ratio, emitted energy in the case we are discussing does not
change at a constant rate, it changes in relation to the intensity of the emitter, this change over time is a linear function due to the systemic processes which we are still working to describe, sorry.
Not exact matches
It is difficult to model the many ways credit intensivity of growth can
change, but if we simply assume that there is no improvement except as growth slows, so that the ratio between credit growth and GDP growth stays
constant, the table below shows debt levels
at the end of ten years
at different GDP growth
rates:
Rapid
changes and advances in online communications, and the
constant need to «keep up with the Joneses» encourages best practices to evolve and social networks to improve
at an impressive
rate.
This work demonstrated that aerobic glycolysis can reduce the energy demands associated with respiratory metabolism and stress survival and that, contrary to expectations and decades - long assumptions, exponential growth
at a
constant rate can represent not a single metabolic / physiological state but a continuum of
changing states characterized by different metabolic fluxes.
We estimate total enrollment for earlier years assuming that both types of institutions grew
at the same
rate in the year of the
change, and that enrollment
at these institutions was a
constant fraction of total enrollment.
Technology
changes at astounding
rates but our humanity remains terrifyingly, beautifully
constant.»
Though the actual marginal tax
rate brackets remain
constant regardless of a person's filing status, the dollar ranges
at which income is taxed
at each
rate can
change depending on whether the filer is a single person, married joint filer or head of household filer.
Check with your lender if you have the liberty of either keeping your EMI
constant despite a
change in interest
rates or increasing the EMI
at your will.
That is because
at the maturity of the bond it will converge to its maturity value which will be independent of the
change of the interest
rates (although on the middle of the life the price of the bond will go down, but the coupon should remain
constant - unless is a floating coupon bond --RRB-.
You can redeem miles for different gift cards, but the
rates are not
constant and are subject to
change at any time.
The EUR / USD FX
rate is
changing constantly, so the return
at any given EUR price is just as dynamic — which requires
constant monitoring.
The composite
rate of an I bond is based on two separate
rates: the fixed
rate, which is set
at the time of purchase and remains
constant for the life of the bond, and the inflation - linked
rate, which
changes every 6 months based on the
change in the CPI - U measurement.
You can redeem miles for different gift cards, but the
rates are not
constant and are subject to
change at any time.
In outline, the model supposes that the
rate of
change of ice extent has two terms - accumulation proportional to its length, and loss
at the grounding line which is proportional to the cross-section area there, which because a
constant width is assumed is proportional to the depth of the ice.
That being a more technical expression of «
at this
rate» ie assuming that this current
rate of
change remains
constant.
I cited Zwally saying «
at the current
rate...» by which he is indicating he's basically assuming a
constant rate of
change and projecting it forward into the future.
This gives the
rate of
change of future emissions according to the equations below: where Ea is the carbon emissions in year t, H (t) is historical emissions data, a, b, c, d, f, g and h are
constants, and t0 is the year
at which historical data are replaced by emission pathways.
What it does say is that a parcel of
constant volume can only
change its density over a distance if it sheds mass
at rate S.
If sea level continues to
change at this
rate and acceleration, sea - level rise by 2100 (∼ 65 cm) will be more than double the amount if the
rate was
constant at 3 mm / y.
But I looked
at the International Panel on Climate
Change's «AR4 Synthesis Report — Summary for Policymakers» from November 2007 and it notes that «methane growth
rates have declined since the early 1990s, consistent with total emissions being nearly
constant during this period.»
Depending on the contract terms provided by the lender, these interest
rate caps may be allowed to
change at the end of each adjustment period or remain
constant over the life of the loan.