Sentences with phrase «different measurement system»

Also, the reason most publishers print books here in the states (and not in China) is two fold — the US uses a different measurement system than most other countries and that affects available paper sizes, and it's REALLY expensive to SHIP all that heavy paper across the ocean (and takes a REALLY long time).

But any major industrial accident involves several failures (cf. «Swiss cheese model») and the use of different measurement system was apparently one of them in this case.

However the numbers can be confusing, because there are different measurement systems in use!

Statisticians can advise on how best to combine data from different sources, how to identify and adjust for biases in different measurement systems, and how to deal with changes in the spatial and temporal coverage of measurements.

• What are the systematic differences between different measurement systems for sea ice thickness?

Such an assessment should involve a detailed analysis of the sensitivity of global - mean temperatures derived from these three different measurement systems to the various choices made in the processing of the raw data — e.g., corrections for instrument changes, adjustments for orbital decay effects in the satellite measurements, and procedures for interpolating station data onto grids.

There will different readings recorded by different measurement systems.

Not exact matches

These instances seem to raise an issue of whether the datum from which abstraction is made — concrete passage — is not different in kind from the three successive abstractions: space - time, its derivative set of time - systems, and a single member of this derivative set serving in the activity of natural measurement.

I know it's a ridiculous question, but I'm from turkey and our measurement system is a little bit different here:) Thanks:) By the way happy birthday to your little girl:)-RRB-

Yesterday I posted a new bread recipe — in grams — and 5 of the first 6 comments were requests for me to redo the recipe into a different system of measurement.

Together, they provide near - simultaneous measurements of different aspects of the climate system — in effect, functioning as a «super observatory»

From the start, I was responsible for a laboratory that ran a number of different analytical systems, had to train students in environmental measurement, and came to lead and work in a number of national and international projects.

By combining GOCE's high - resolution measurements with information from Grace, scientists can now look at changes in ice mass in small glacial systems — offering even greater insight into the dynamics of Antarctica's different basins.

Because the A-Train satellites fly in unusually close proximity to one another, they provide near - simultaneous measurements of different aspects of the climate system — in effect, functioning as «the first - ever superobservatory,» said Joy Bretthauer, NASA's Glory program executive.

Single action potential resolution will be feasible after a future extension of the system, as well as combination of optical imaging with different measurement techniques like electrophysiology.

It's not measuring your body fat percentage vs your muscle mass percentage vs how much water you have in your system that day vs bone density - so just be aware that the number on the scale really doesn't show you everything that matters, and it's far better to look at progress pictures, take measurements, or use a scanner that measures those different numbers for you periodically.

We have to think about the whole child because one will succeed in many different ways in life and if the education system puts academic measurement as the main way of measuring, then we place children and institutions under enormous strain.»

But it found that, in contrast to proposals in this country for a single assessment system, the Canadian provinces employ two different types of tests that use a variety of measurement strategies: examinations that measure...

Discussion of different forms of measurement used when discussing the solar system, kilometers, astronomical units and light years (maths);

Students are also expected to know the different conversion rates such as feet / yards / inches etc It is slightly geared towards the US imperial measurement system.

While NPR's Westervelt criticizes Kane for making a «pretty scathing and strong indictment» of America's education system, what Kane does not understand writ large is that the very solutions for which Kane advocates — using VAM - based measurements to fire and hire bad and good teachers, respectively — are really no different than the «stronger accountability» measures upon which we have relied for the last 40 years (since the minimum competency testing era) within this alleged «echo chamber.»

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Minnesota will be using a new multi-stage system to identify schools for several different categories of support going into the 2018 - 19 school year, and this presentation will provide specific details about one of the newest and most complicated measurements in that system: progress toward English language proficiency.

The measurement system for this year's report cards is slightly different than last year.

Within one system of measurement, different units of measure can be used to represent the same quantity.

MD.. A. 1 Convert among different - sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

In it, Gray argues «that the quality and reliability of the IPCC's measurements are poor, the system of determining how much weight should be attributed to different influences on the earth's temperature is faulty, and the validity of evidence derived from computer modeling is questionable.»

Anyone with any knowledge of science would be aware that several sets of measurements of a complex system, using entirely different methods of data collection, will come up with slightly different results.

The fact that the two vastly different systems, namely the meteorological and the astronomical, are in good agreement according to the conservation of angular momentum gives us assurance that both these types of measurements must be accurate.

I think you actually need to go out on a ship with various models of buckets, along with the most accurate temperature measurement system available, sail across the oceans for a year, take systematic measurements with the different methods, and THEN draw conclusions.

Heat recovery systems Heating systems Summer comfort factors Electrical energy concepts and requirements Heat loss and energy use modelling using PHPP software Cost efficiency Construction documentation and coordination Construction site management and quality assurance Building systems operations Energy efficient building retrofitting Units of measurement and the different physical characteristics they represent, ie: work, power, temperature, heat.

In prefference to measurements from this system, Morner suggests we take the average trend over different time periods of several stations (inaccurately reported as an average trend since 1900); or the average over different time periods from a non-geographically representative set of tide stations.

-- These two distinct satellite systems, using very different measurement methods, produced raw data reaching identical conclusions: sea level is barely rising, if at all.

For example, changes in time of observation, adjustment for a move of a station that was previously sited next to a heat source to a better location (that now allows the station to be classed as Class 1 or 2), switch to a different temperature measurement device or system, etcetera, could explain why smaller classes of raw data don't track well with the overall trend calculated from homogenized station trend data.

Students using the textbook and Study Partner CD will: Review basic mathematical concepts, such as fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, and number systems Understand different calculation methods such as ratio and proportion, dimensional analysis, and alligation Practice calculations, conversions, and measurements for accurate drug doses Become knowledgeable about business calculations, such as inventory, profit margins, and insurance reimbursements In addition, four appendices provide important resources for pharmacy technician students.