Sentences with phrase «changes as an indicator»

Owners of prey animals must look for subtle signs and changes as an indicator of potential problems.

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She cites the fact that women are 57 % of today's college graduates, as well as the 4 million copies of Lean In sold, as indicators of how there have been major changes in terms of how women are perceived in American society.

Lesetja Kganyago of the South African Reserve Bank says the country's sovereign rating and monetary indicators such as the rand have all benefited from the change in political leadership.

These forward - looking statements include, among other things, statements about full - year 2018 guidance, project milestones, increased opportunities in the market, backlog, bids and change orders outstanding, target projects and revenue opportunity pipeline, to the extent these may be viewed as indicators of future revenues or profitability, the expected impacts of the F2G program and progress toward completing the proposed combination with CB&I and the anticipated benefits of that transaction.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is «a better place today» than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as «one indicator of how attitudes have changed.»

That ubiquity, coupled with its extreme sensitivity to changing demand, has led many to regard is as a leading indicator of activity in goods - producing industries.

In marketing, as in pop culture, Millennials are leading indicators of large - scale changes in future consumer behavior.

You have the option to change the appearance of the charts by varying the time scale, chart type, zooming in to different sections and adding new studies or indicators such as RSI, MACD, EMA, Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci retracements and many more.

Most traders consider an inner trend line as a good indicator that momentum and sentiment can shift at any time under rapidly changing conditions.

Does margin debt serve as an intermediate - term stock market sentiment indicator based on either momentum (with an increase / decrease in margin debt signaling a continuing stock market advance / decline) or reversion (with change in margin debt signaling a pending reversal)?

When the MFI moves in the opposite direction as the stock price, this can be a leading indicator of a trend change.

The three - day Central Economic Work Conference is expected to set major changes in economic indicators to reflect more on the quality of the economic growth rather than mere growth speed, while tackling specific issues such as mounting debts, poverty and pollution.

Using the change in the underlying cash balance between financial years as an approximate indicator of the fiscal impact, the Commonwealth Budget is expected to add to growth by around 1/4 per cent of GDP this financial year, compared with a contractionary effect of around 3/4 per cent in 2002/03 (Graph 32).

We have been cross referencing the above indicators and now can add in a fiscally imposed indicator as well in the form of beneficial changes to the tax code, for the wealthy, the investor class and corporate interests, at least.

However, in the short term bonds are likely to benefit from lower CPI inflation rates as my leading indicator, the absolute change in oil prices from a year ago, is pointing to the U.S. CPI ex shelter declining to between 2 and 2.5 % in February / March.

«On - pack claims are definitely an indicator of what clean label is, but the connotation of the term keeps changing as far as product formulation goes, making it difficult for legislators to give it a definition,» said Soumya Nair, Kerry's director of marketing insights.

Marcia Pires, polymer science researcher, Braskem, said intelligent packaging uses specific indicators such as pH changes to demonstrate the state of conservation of its contents, emitting an external alert.

Gold award winners included: Brazil's Froneri for a cardboard ice cream cup featuring a PP in - mold label, closure with spoon inside and aluminum / PE sealing; and Insignia Technologies for its Freshtag shelf - life indicator tag designed to change color over a pre-set number of days at a prescribed temperature, while the color change is faster when the temperature increases; and PPi Technologies for MosquitoPaQ, which uses a frangible sealed pouch that allows consumers to mix and activate the dry and wet chemicals at the time of use, without having to pour out or touch the contents; after activation, consumers hang the pouch nearby and leave it alone as the repellent is released over the course of 15 days.

But one thing is sure: good as it is, the rule will be changed and, if the past is any indicator, the changes will make the old equalizer work better.

Nappies are designed to hold quite a lot of wee before it will irritate baby's skin so you don't need to change it as often as the indicator suggests.

Breastfeeding did not consistently reduce changes in physiological indicators, such as heart rate.

Since then the Data Bank has undergone several revisions to accommodate new sets of definitions and indicators and integrate all operational targets of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, changing as a result the name to «WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding».

Some women report a heightened sense of taste or smell as a sign of ovulation, but changes in the senses of taste and smell are also fairly common indicators of early pregnancy.

The ensuing discussion embodied the same tensions, with some participants emphasising the need for indicator continuity, and others stressing that indicators must change as methodologies, purposes, and audiences evolve.

These reforms often involved changes in management style (for instance, the so - called «New Public Management» (NPM), in which concepts from the private sector such as competition, performance indicators, and bonus payments were applied to public administration) or the introduction of computer technology.

The indicator beads can be set up in a clear «pocket» on the lid as an easy way to check whether it's time to change out the dehumidifier and dry it out.

As the planet warms — and as that warming accelerates due to man - made climate change — «the cicada may yet reprise its role as climate indicator if its cycle is disrupted by a warming planet,» Wildlife Conservation Society entomologist Craig Gibbs wrote in an op - ed last week in The New York TimeAs the planet warms — and as that warming accelerates due to man - made climate change — «the cicada may yet reprise its role as climate indicator if its cycle is disrupted by a warming planet,» Wildlife Conservation Society entomologist Craig Gibbs wrote in an op - ed last week in The New York Timeas that warming accelerates due to man - made climate change — «the cicada may yet reprise its role as climate indicator if its cycle is disrupted by a warming planet,» Wildlife Conservation Society entomologist Craig Gibbs wrote in an op - ed last week in The New York Timeas climate indicator if its cycle is disrupted by a warming planet,» Wildlife Conservation Society entomologist Craig Gibbs wrote in an op - ed last week in The New York Times.

The researchers analyzed how the changes affected indicators of cardiovascular health, such as blood pressure, heart rate and other markers for heart disease and stroke, like high «bad» cholesterol levels.

To evaluate whether the experimental treatment is safe and whether it might be able to reduce frailty, Maharaj plans to run a battery of baseline testing on each clinical trial participant before they get their first infusion of young plasma and then monitor their changes for two years: That means cognitive exams, questionnaires about their quality of life and their indicators of frailty, and tests to measure biomarkers he believes are linked with aging, such as telomere lengths and DNA methylation.

Indeed, beliefs around climate change correlate so strongly with ideology that some analysts view both as indicators of the same thing.

Alternatives include collecting valuable data from subsistence harvests, using remote methods to track changes in habitat, and selecting specific subpopulations as indicators.

«We want to use phenology as a biological indicator of the impacts of climate change on ecosystems,» Richardson says.

«But what we do see in the analysis of the data is an increase in temperatures and chlorophyll concentration across the bay and a changing relationship between nitrogen and chlorophyll — an indicator of algae growth and water quality — as those waters warm.»

In the past decade, paleoclimatologists have reconstructed a record of climate change over the last millennium by consulting historical documents and examining indicators of temperature change like tree rings, as well as oxygen isotopes in ice cores and coral skeletons.

But «while the Arctic maximum is not as important as the seasonal minimum, the long - term decline is a clear indicator of climate change,» Walt Meier, a sea ice researcher at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement.

This is the sort of deceptively silly event that should be taken seriously as an indicator of technological change.

A decrease in recorded gunshots would be a reliable indicator that police hiring is preventing crime, as it is not affected by changes in reporting.

(iii) based on indicators and baselines developed under paragraph (5)(C)(iii), as well as other measurements, analyzes changes to the natural environment, land and water resources, and biological diversity in --

Any changes, such as spotting skinny whales, might provide «early warning indicators» about possible population declines, Tyack said.

As a first step, the report recommends «building affordable surveillance systems» to detect population changes, including reproductive rates, which can be a simple indicator of a species» health.

Stone, R.S., E.G. Dutton, J.M. Harris, and D. Longnecker, 2002: Earlier spring snowmelt in northern Alaska as an indicator of climate change.

This book taught me that Lyme is tracked as an indicator of climate change, alongside wildfires and heat - related deaths.

Moreover, this study will determine whether changes in retinal microvasculature can be used as a biomarker or clinical indicator for monitoring progression of glaucoma in clinical practice.

The data show that the presence of a modification of an evolutionary conserved structure, such as the presence of a rib on the seventh vertebra (a cervical rib, i.e. a change in the number of cervical vertebrae), can be used as a reliable indicator of disturbances of early embryogenesis (Collaboration with Liliane Wijnaendts, Free University Medical Centre (VUMC).

This changing sea ice extent is cited by the IPCC as an indicator of a warming world.

«When I work with women reporting low libido, I explore the health of their relationship in terms of communication styles, if they're feeling satisfied by sexual interaction, and also individual factors such as stress indicators (work, family, life) if experiencing anxiety, depression, exhaustion, on any medications or have dietary changes and even dealing with young children.»

Autonomic Response Testing is a biofeedback enhanced physical exam which uses changes in muscle tone as primary indicator.

Cabbage is also used as a pH indicator, due to its content of anthocyanins, which change color depending on the level of acidity of the solutions.

Many «Alkaline Diet» fads use urine pH as an indicator for health and although there are changes to urine pH, acidic urine does not reflect blood pH, metabolic acidosis or adverse health conditions [10].

Use the following locations on the body to measure circumference, as they are good indicators of body composition change: