Sentences with phrase «describe current understanding»

The McDonnell Distinguished Lecture this year will describe current understanding of the formation of the solar system, particularly its mix of rocky planets, gas giants and icy planets.

Seidenberg then describes our current understanding of what happens when we read.

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First, you need to understand the current culture, which is challenging because culture is hard to describe and see.

What I have described above is the current scientific understanding in lay terms.

It is understood that Lennie, a former acting general secretary with current responsibility for Labour Party fundraising, will be appointed for what a party insider described as «an interim period» of two years.

The reason why nothing can be smaller than the Planck length is because at that point, current physical theory breaks down because it is impossible to describe anything beyond TP without a theoretical understanding of quantum gravity, which we don't have.

Lynch and Granger base their characterization on our current understanding of how the human brain works, describing in detail its physiology and structure and comparing it with the brains of other primates.

Because these networks are based on neuroscientists» current understanding of how the brain performs object recognition, the success of the latest networks suggest that neuroscientists have a fairly accurate grasp of how object recognition works, says James DiCarlo, a professor of neuroscience and head of MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the senior author of a paper describing the study in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal PLoS Computational Biology.

Current understanding of Bcl - xL's structure describes a protein with three regions — a core that interacts with proteins involved in cell death, a flexible region lacking defined structure (IDR) with an unknown function, and a membrane - anchoring region that attaches the protein to specific sites within the cell.

Since food combining was based on the understanding of physiology and biochemistry of digestion in 1951, I thought it might be interesting to describe current thinking on the subject.

Regrettably, through all the NCLB trashing, Winerip never described these issues so that lay readers, almost certainly unfamiliar with this context, could at least understand the current environment let alone learn about the complexity of the law and the challenges of designing policy for our decentralized system of schooling.

Author Robert Balfanz describes three key elements of a community - driven plan: First is knowledge — understanding the scope of the problem as well as current programs, practices, and resources targeted at addressing it.

Studies that investigated the role of classroom discourse and other forms of scaffolding describe how teachers mediate between students» current English abilities and levels of science understanding and the more academic English and science knowledge being targeted (Gibbons, 2003; Parkinson, Jackson, Kirkwood, & Padayachee, 2007; Young & Nguyen, 2002).

He presented background information about epilepsy in the dog, describe various subtypes of canine epilepsy and how they related to other episodic canine diseases, and summarize our current understanding of the disease mechanisms that underlie seizures.

Current social abstractions provoke new ways of understanding and describing our world and our culture.

Hockey describes himself as as «a neophyte student of urban planning» and he certainly understands some of the current thinking regarding the promotion of active transportation: «You first have to start with the pedestrians».

The report, in describing the current state of knowledge, also identifies areas where our understanding is inadequate and where further work is urgently required.

What we have asked Gov. Inslee for is a Climate Recovery Rule for the state of Washington, detailing and describing how Washington will use its existing authority to cap and draw down GHG emissions in a manner consistent with the best current scientific understanding of what it will take to protect not just these eight brave youths, but all of us, present and future generations alike.

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program has released a second iteration of a report that synthesizes and describes in lay terms the current scientific understanding of global climate disruption.

When you describing your works experience, you should use reverse chronological order to help recruiter understand what is your current place of work and how much time you have been working there.

Describe the implications of current understandings of trauma on cognitive - behavioral therapies and discuss trauma assessment, including functional analytic clinical assessment and recent advances in assessment of adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Recruitment materials described the study as testing a «newly - developed virtual interaction story» in which the participant would «create [their] own adventure story with a virtual partner» and would help «improve current understanding of human interaction.»

As described above (see Discussion, Current Understanding of RACC, mOFC, and Default Mode Network) RACC - OFC has been proposed as one important hub for integration of emotional, sensory and visceral information, aiding in valuation of expected rewards for competing potential choices.

In this talk, Dr. Watmough will provide an overview of our current understanding of calcium biogeochemistry and describe the reasons for the widespread decline in calcium levels in lakes and the implications of calcium losses on soil fertility and forest health in addition to impacts on lake ecosystems.

Based on the results of its consumer testing and outreach, described in part III above and in the Kleimann Testing Report as well as the results of the Kleimann Quantitative Study Report, the Bureau believes the Loan Estimate is easier for consumers to use and understand than current Federal disclosures.