Sentences with phrase «established threshold»

An alternative solution would be to establish thresholds closer to the middle of the test - score distribution, where the disparity for large and small schools is less extreme.

Rewards can be redeemed for gift cards, statement credits and checks issued at set intervals during the year or when previously established thresholds have been reached.

What Litvak found is that the MeCP2 gene is responsible for establishing a threshold for the activation of macrophages in the presence of stimuli and stressors such as hypoxia, corticosteroids and inflammation.

In late April, New York State exceeded the FEMA - established threshold of $ 2,538,531,624 to qualify the State for the new funding -LSB-...]

The analysis of the average experience capital of big - 5 league players is also useful in establishing thresholds above which players from outside these championships have a concrete possibility of successfully joining the five major European competitions in the near future.

The methodology used in the study involved establishing a threshold level of two flood events per year, on average, for each of the 774 stream gauges in the study, so as to focus on the larger flood events.

The standard of proof in finding the facts necessary to establish the threshold under s 31 (2) of the Children Act 1989, (ChA 1989) or the welfare considerations in s 1 of ChA 1989, is the simple balance of probabilities, neither more nor less.

The court established a threshold that specified that an injury must affect the ability to live a normal life.

Scientists are working on establishing a threshold below which marijuana does not impair driving, but most governments apply a zero - tolerance rule.

The privilege is enjoyed by the common - law spouse (not the accused) and must be asserted by the witness who then bears the burden of establishing threshold marital bond.

Carriers establish a threshold age for considering a death «early» — for example, most carriers consider any death from heart disease before the age of 60 to be early.

«It's important to understand that Spokeo established a threshold, but not a barrier to litigation,» said Henry Chalmers, co-chair of the litigation group at law firm Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta.

There are established thresholds indicating «borderline» (score of 14 - 16) or «abnormal» scores (score of 17 or above)(Goodman, 1997).

In Her Majesty the Queen v. Robert David Nicholas Bradshaw, the majority of the Supreme Court found that the trial judge had erred in admitting a video re-enactment statement into evidence, as «[t] he Crown failed to establish the threshold reliability of this statement on a balance of probabilities.»

«This creates a risk that if you don't look for cardiac events, you might miss them,» he said, adding that this is the first large international study to establish thresholds of high - sensitivity troponin T that are independently associated with death within 30 days after non-cardiac surgery.

Only one - third of patients newly diagnosed with PTSD and under a quarter of those with depression met these established thresholds.

Establishing a threshold for the composite score allowed her to correctly find 100 percent of sandbagging cases while identifying the best - effort cases more than 90 percent of the time.

If the rat had left a restaurant that had a wait above its established threshold and then had to wait again at the next stop, it was a reasonable decision and should merely inspire disappointment, not regret, they hypothesized.

Mercury and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl) concentrations were at the EPA threshold for occasional human consumption, while concentrations of DDT were consistently much lower than the established threshold.

The most contentious issue has been establishing a threshold for deciding how much hybridization is permissible for hybrids to be considered part of the native taxon (Haig & Allendorf 2006).

I also think they are right to try to establish a threshold or standard for what constitutes «professional,» because there is indeed a wide range between self - published authors who write well and produce well - edited, well - formatted books and those who, frankly, have little grasp of the fundamentals of writing — basic grammar, punctuation, and syntax as well as plot, characterization, voice, and the other aspects of writing that can make or break a story.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said last month the Liberals would establish a threshold of $ 50,000 on passive income per year, which would be equivalent to $ 1 million in savings, based on a nominal five percent rate of return.

How do you establish your thresholds for rebalancing now?

Though the act does not put limits on rates and closing costs, its does prohibit the use of certain loan terms and transactions with rates that exceed the established threshold.

All of them have income requirements, as in, you can not have a household income greater than the established threshold for the county.

Presenting case evaluations to the client's decision - makers or other representatives when damages meet the client's established thresholds and other criteria;

This is the established threshold for allowing title to pass to an innocent purchaser.