Sentences with phrase «determined by measurement»

In a nonlinear system, the decay rate must be determined by measurement.

Annual net balance on eight North Cascades glaciers during the 1984 - 1994 period has been determined by measurement, of total mass loss from firn and ice melt and, of residual snow depth at the end of the summer season.

Reality is determined by measurements, KR — not by unverified models and theorizing.

Not exact matches

The new guidance simplifies the accounting for measurement period adjustments in connection with business combinations by requiring that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined.

We compare correlations by ranked fifth (quintile) of VIX at the end of the past return measurement interval to determine (in - sample) optimal time series momentum measurement intervals for different ranges of VIX.

By physiological measurements it can determine (pretty accurately, according to experts) if a person doubts his or her own answer.

The structure of the world of natural science is determined by the process of measurement.

First, it is a view that is in part determined by his choice of observation categories, measurement standards, and experimental design.

As a first approximation, we may say that the poetic function points to the obliterating of the ordinary referential function, at least if we identify it with the capacity to describe familiar objects of perception or the objects which science alone determines by means of its standards of measurement.

So a lot of whether you do or don't adopt precise measurements is determined, I think, by how much you need to get complete, precise control of your dough's behavior.

The length of Shirley's prosthesis is determined by that of his sound leg, but a bilateral amputee can lengthen his legs beyond their natural measurement.

By comparing your baby's measurements — weight, length, and head circumference — to those of other children the same age and sex and to these same measurements from previous checkups, your child's doctor can determine whether your baby is growing in a healthy way.

When evaluating for plagiocephaly, craniometers and lasers are used to take two measurements of your baby's skull, and the severity of plagiocephaly is determined by the difference in these measurements.

The quantity and purity of the DNA were determined by OD260 / 280 nanodrop measurement.

Baby clothes sizes are generally determined by length and weight, so take these measurements into account when shopping.

This additional contribution can be determined by comparing the X-ray measurements taken early on during the growth of the wire, with the electron microscope measurement after growth has ended.

The researchers determined from the isotope ratio that the Taylor Glacier samples were 120,000 years old, and validated the estimate by comparing the results to well - dated ice core measurements of atmospheric methane and oxygen from that same period.

The range of the measurement depth can be determined by measuring a physical quantity called the inelastic mean free path (IMFP), which defines how far an electron can travel in a material while retaining its original energy level in a statistical sense.

By using the new formula, which relies upon newly developed measurements for the figure of merit and power factor of a material — called the engineering figure of merit, or (ZT) eng, and engineering power factor, or (PF) eng — scientists will be able to determine whether devices based on a material would generate energy efficiently enough to be worth pursuing, said Zhifeng Ren, principal investigator at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH).

They say the current study sets the stage for future investigations to determine what aspects of sleep can be measured effectively by the apps, and how these measurements can be used to gauge changes, both good and bad, in sleep patterns.

New measurements of atmospheric loss by NASA's MAVEN probe should help scientists determine how a planet with rushing water and a temperate climate a few billion years ago transformed into a cold, dry desert.

The researchers reason that since each detector's setting is determined by sources that have had no communication or shared history since the beginning of the universe, it would be virtually impossible for these detectors to «conspire» with anything in their shared past to give a biased measurement; the experimental setup could therefore close the «free will» loophole.

These inertial measurement units, or IMUs, determine a target's location by measuring changes in acceleration since the last GPS reading.

The quasar's distance is determined by what's called its redshift, which is a measurement of how much the wavelength of its light is stretched by the expansion of the universe before reaching Earth.

By tracing its thermal and magnetic history with a suite of measurements, Garrick - Bethell and his colleagues determined that the rock was last remagnetized 4.2 billion years ago.

With the help of EDMR, electrically detected magnetic resonance, an ultrasensitive method of measurement, they were able to determine the local defects» structure by detecting their magnetic fingerprint in the photo current of the solar cell under a magnetic field and microwave radiation.

The measurement technique relies on radio telescopes picking up radio waves emitted by objects in space; the more accurately scientists can determine the positions of the radio telescopes, the more precisely they can measure various characteristics of the Earth.

Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements are taken on the plant on the right side to determine how efficiently the plant uses the light provided by LEDs.

By means of the measurement data, the scientists not only can establish that cracks have formed but also can determine precisely where.

The work has implications for how ocean modelers determine the overall amounts of carbon dioxide taken up by the oceans, which is typically performed through oxygen - based measurements.

Using four spacecraft will provide MMS with the multipoint measurements needed to determine whether reconnection events occur in an isolated locale, everywhere within a larger region at once, or by traveling across space.

Because the signals arriving at a receiver from all satellites are measured at the same time, the distance measurements are all falsified by the same receiver clock error, which must be calculated in order to determine an accurate position.

He received the Prize for the development and effective use of measurements of underwater sound generated by rain to determine rainfall rate and type at sea.

Prior to normalization, quality confidence measurements (spot diameter, spot area, array footprint, spot circularity, signal to noise ratio, spot uniformity, background uniformity, and replicate uniformity) were determined for each scanned array on a spot - by - spot basis to assess quality.

By recording and analyzing the F - d spectroscopy measurements by AFM, the elastic properties of biological systems can be determined quantitatively and reproduciblBy recording and analyzing the F - d spectroscopy measurements by AFM, the elastic properties of biological systems can be determined quantitatively and reproduciblby AFM, the elastic properties of biological systems can be determined quantitatively and reproducibly.

UT1 is determined from measurements of the rotation of the Earth by various means including radio telescope observations of quasars (distant galaxies powered by supermassive black holes).

However, other measurements taken by a team of researchers from the University of Strasbourg in France appear to show that stars just outside of Triangulum II are moving faster than the ones close to the galactic center — which were used by Kirby to determine the galaxy's mass.

Furthermore, by knowing the mass of a planet from radial velocity measurements and the radius of a planet based on how much starlight it blocked, it is a simple calculation to determine a planet's density, which can tell astronomers whether that planet is rocky or gaseous in nature, or whether it has a small core and a thick atmosphere, or whether it has a large core covered in deep oceans.

HARPS measurements provided information on the planet's mass, while the planet's radius was determined by other instruments that measure how much light it blocks from its parent star.

unit of measurement (abbreviated m) determined by an object's resistance to change in the speed or direction of motion.

By allowing quantitative measurements of blood flow and metabolism in regions of the brain, measurements that can be determined objectively, and they allow the complex behavioural patterns of humans to be broken down into their component processes.

The researchers used argon gas measurements to determine the amount of other gases that would have been lost by the same mechanism.

By re-observing the photometric transit, we attempt to determine the transit parameters to high precision, and, by spectroscopic observations, to estimate the properties of the host star and determine the mass of the transiting object by means of radial - velocity measurementBy re-observing the photometric transit, we attempt to determine the transit parameters to high precision, and, by spectroscopic observations, to estimate the properties of the host star and determine the mass of the transiting object by means of radial - velocity measurementby spectroscopic observations, to estimate the properties of the host star and determine the mass of the transiting object by means of radial - velocity measurementby means of radial - velocity measurements.

«Depending upon the age and sex of the person being measured, callipers will determine their percentage of body fat by the sum of the measurements in all four areas,» explains McKee.

I actually determined this by blood ketone measurements for up to 12 hours post consumption on several clients and myself.

The size guide breaks sizes down by measurements which makes it easier to determine which one will best fit you.

Frame size is determined by the three key measurements found inside the frame arm: lens width (from 31 - 60 mm), bridge width (from 12 - 31 mm), and arm length (from 115 - 155 mm).

If Grindr or a similar app tells you how far away someone is — even if it doesn't tell you in which direction — you can determine their exact location by combining the distance measurement from three points surrounding them.

And that's what I mean by measurement and sensing; that's a smart aircraft that can tell you where there might be problems and where you have to do maintenance instead of doing what they have to do at the moment, which is pull apart the aircraft in order to be able to determine if it needs maintenance.

Now, we will take a minute to briefly recap some of the mechanisms that have been used over the years in the measurement to determine the situation of poverty being faced by the inhabitants of the planet according to these different indicators.