Sentences with phrase «different measuring systems»

A hybrid combines the genomes of both parents, a process similar to combining parts from two machines built under slightly different measuring systems.

Not exact matches

He sees a system in which a central computer constantly measures traffic patterns and adjusts the timing and co-ordination of the lights to eliminate backlogs at intersections and distribute traffic evenly across different streets.

[9] Using a different, continuous weighted scoring system — which admittedly was, like Byrd's scoring, «an unvalidated measure of CCU outcomes» — Harris et al. concluded that «supplementary, remote, blinded, intercessory prayer produced a measurable improvement in the medical outcomes of critically ill patients», and suggested that «prayer be an effective adjunct to standard medical care.»

One of the most unique characteristics of German wine is its use of a classification system that measures quality based on the grape's natural sugar level at harvest (which is completely different from the sugar level of the final product.)

I don't know how that paper measured effectiveness (especially «responsiveness») but the important part to understand is that these are different systems, in different countrues; with different priorities:

Never the less, proper road pricing (which is different to the congestion charge permit system) can be a positive measure to combat congestion.

These include the development of a biochemical sensor that can continuously and accurately measure different substances released by the organ - like system, as well as enhancements that allow the use of multiple physical sensors, which monitor features such as temperature, oxygen levels, and pH values.

They used the system to measure pen speed and pressure during a simple spiral sketching task in a sample of healthy volunteers and Parkinson's patients with different levels of disease severity.

«The intent of our work was to develop a new apparatus to measure root growth in a greenhouse production setting using a system / technique similar to the Horhizotron ™ but with a different purpose, design, and construction components,» Judd said.

But it will also allow people to come in and tinker with different operating systems and then measure the financial results.

The review examined a wide range of measures that healthcare systems in different countries can adopt to help smokers to stop.

Using a technique that measures the response of the olfactory system to odours, the researchers showed that copper and nickel affect the ability of different cells to detect odours.

The system measured how colour is distributed across each work, as well as the occurrence of different shapes or outlines.

The team studied the binary system and the chemical composition of the debris by measuring the absorption of different wavelengths of light or «spectra», using the Gemini Observatory South telescope and the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope, both located in Chile.

Current visual field testing systems use just one test size to measure vision at different locations of the visual field.

Other instruments will measure water and different key chemical components, probe the inner workings of the powerful magnetic field, monitor charged particles driving the solar system's brightest auroras, and, of course, return some stunning close - up color images.

«Assessing the readability of campaign speeches is a little tricky because most measures are geared to the written word, yet text is very different from the spoken word,» said Maxine Eskenazi, LTI principal systems scientist who performed the analysis with Elliot Schumacher, a graduate student in language technologies.

Another innovation of FLEX is its ability to measure fluorescence associated with two different steps in the photosynthetic system — one in the red and one in the infrared.

Because oil and gas are so intertwined with the rest of the energy system and global economy, measuring the net impacts of different price futures presents a challenge.

He is encouraged that the wafers designed to measure oxygen isotopes (atomic variants that have slightly different masses) in the early solar system are 85 percent intact.

To quantify the health of the heart's complex electrical communication system, Ashikaga's team measured the strength of the communication between all of the different pairs of points that the 64 - node catheter can monitor.

Consolidation efficiency (i.e. the ability of a chemical compound to provide cohesion to the stone of the different mineral gypsum varieties) is based on the utilization of a drilling resistance measuring system (DRMS).

[79][80] He soon realized this system was likely to have a high proper motion, [81][82][67] In this case, the apparent stellar motion was found using Nicolas Louis de Lacaille's astrometric observations of 1751 — 1752, [83] by the observed differences between the two measured positions in different epochs.

After analyzing 964 sites cleaved in vitro by different 11 sgRNAs and measuring indel frequencies at hundreds of off - target sites in cells, we propose an off - target scoring system of each target site for minimizing CRISPR - Cas9 off - target effects in the human genome.

Building on our recent and ongoing research, we will develop and utilize a novel integration of three different complementary systems to measure aspects of baseline behavior and potential behavioral responses to simulated mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) using controlled exposure experiments (CEEs) in three delphinid species.

The scientists measured 204 different parts of the immune system.

This tool provides an automatized technique to measure collagen contraction that can be utilized in different 3D cellular systems.

We need to create a system based on different values, where success is measured by integrated social and environmental outcomes, not profit or GDP.

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.

Although there are a few different protocols, the most commonly used is the Broda Barnes system, 4 which is a measure of your basal body temperature at rest.

After extensive research on teacher evaluation procedures, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiplMeasures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiplmeasures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiplmeasures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiple years.

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.»

Use different assessment methods and activities to measure different processes and outcomes, coming from different learning styles, such as: Multiple - choice questions - MCQ, ePortfolio assessment, concept maps, clickers, or personal response systems - PRCS, online role - plays, scenario - based activities, judged mathematical expression, online discussions, etc..

This approach will be innovative in its integration of personalized screening measures that validly identify different kinds of learners; personalized educational interventions that are matched to the needs of individual students, in and out of school; and personalized resources that build the capacity of educators and parents, and the systems in which they work, to adopt and integrate these personalized tools and measures.

Opponents of the CRDC would argue that states should create their own systems and select their own measures because each state has different needs.

States could also create entirely separate accountability systems for alternative schools, weighting existing measures differently (e.g. placing less emphasis on proficiency and placing more emphasis on academic growth) and using different indicators, such as high school completion rates instead of cohort graduation rates.

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...

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The primary aims of this study are to document the process of moving towards new, integrated systems in each of these cities; to highlight which strategies moved the cities forward in creating these systems and what barriers the cities encountered; to examine how these cities incorporated the needs of students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from different economic backgrounds into their system designs; to understand how students, teachers, and parents, and others experience elements of the new system and how these experiences differed for students with special needs; and to document quantitative outcomes on a range of measures, disaggregated by student subgroup.

The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit institutional variation that does not exist within countries; draw on much larger variation than usually available within any country; reveal whether any result is country - specific or more general; test whether effects are systematically heterogeneous in different settings; circumvent selection issues that plague within - country identification by using system - level aggregated measures; and uncover general - equilibrium effects that often elude studies in a single country.

[9] These more market - like education systems outperformed more centralized ones by a ratio of 15 statistically significant findings to one across numerous different measures of educational outcomes, including:

The inspection report, which claims the school needs to be placed in special measures, criticises Grindon Hall for ineffective improvement systems, inadequate safeguarding, a curriculum which «does not adequately prepare pupils for life in modern Britain» and claims pupils «show a lack of respect and tolerance towards those who belong to different faiths, cultures or communities».

This approach is different from using value - added measures of standardized tests as a significant component in an evaluation and separates the San Jose system from one favored by reform groups like StudentsFirst.

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.»

Find out how five different accountability systems at multiple levels (district, state, and provincial) are using multiple measures to better understand and support student learning and development.

c) The system used test scores of 3rd graders from a different school to measure Ms. Cook's «value added,» though Ms. Cook had never taught any of those children.

«I do think we are still in a space of trying to do the research... as these systems are being implemented, making sure that we are following up on things like alignment between the different measures,» said Laura Goe, a research scientist in the Learning and Teacher Research Center of the N.J. - based Educational Testing Service.

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

This session guides participants through Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures and also lays out the basic principles and purposes of different types of assessments and what a comprehensive assessment blueprint looks like within the context of a three - tier system.

Katrina was a singular disaster that justified desperate measures, but from that crisis emerged a new and different and better system of education that our whole city has embraced and our whole country now admires.