Sentences with phrase «estimate their impact using»

While it's impossible to know exactly what benefits the urban trees bring us - including many psychological ones - the researchers have tried to estimate their impact using computer simulations.

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The impacts of today's final rule are categorized consistently with the analysis of the original Fiduciary Rule, and the Department has also concluded that the impacts identified in the Regulatory Impact Analysis accompanying the 2016 final rule may still be used as a basis for estimating the potential impacts of that final rule, were it not being modified today.

To estimate economic impacts, the report uses publicly available economic data from announced pipeline projects, energy demand forecasts, and announced retirements of nuclear generators.

A review of procedures used to estimate reserves related to group annuitants led Brighthouse Financial to financial adjustments negatively impacting its fourth - quarter numbers.

Valuations that we have performed require significant use of estimates and assumptions, If different estimates and assumptions had been used, our common stock valuations could be significantly different and related stock - based compensation expense may be materially impacted.

In fact, the 2007 estimates were used extensively in presenting the fiscal impacts of all the various tax initiatives afforded to the business sector.

«So, unless the bad press causes people to stop using Google services (unlikely), then our estimates should not be meaningfully impacted,» the firm stated.

Uncertainty in estimating land use and management impacts on soil organic carbon storage for US agricultural lands between 1982 and 1997.

Using longitudinally linked, student - level data collected from two urban school districts, New York City and Washington, DC, Mathematica estimated the impacts of five EL middle schools on students» reading and math test scores.

Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

«It is, therefore, concerning that such a wide estimate is used to justify recommendations such as shoot licensing, which will not have any impact other than increasing costs and bureaucracy for regulators.

That's potentially problematic, because planetary scientists use the number of small impact craters to estimate the age of the lunar surface.

In analyzing the impact of the FY 1998 budget proposal on R&D, AAAS used the FY 1994 actual estimates as a baseline for comparison.

The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the impacts of microwave appliances, taking into account their manufacture, use and end - of - life waste management.

The investigators then used a Markov microsimulation model to estimate each policy's impact on diet or physical activity, and then Body Mass Index (BMI), in a simulated school - aged population in 2032, or 20 years after implementation.

«We wanted to make a comprehensive assessment using all of the information that was available until now to give us the best estimate of what the impact of deforestation would be on rainfall,» Garcia - Carreras said.

To limit the impact of our assumptions on our final results, Fenelon and I used a few different methods to estimate smoking - attributable deaths, and the methods all yielded similar answers.

The study estimated impacts on forest carbon accumulation in the region between 2007 and 2012, and projected potential changes out to 2017 based on forest growth and land use change scenarios.

The Notre Dame study used expert elicitation, a process of formalizing and quantifying experts» judgments to estimate Asian carp impact to Lake Erie fishery biomass, a method designed by co-author Roger Cooke, senior fellow with Resources for the Future.

Using satellite observations of meteoric «flares» in the atmosphere («shooting stars») and acoustical data that record cosmic impacts on the surface of the earth, Peter Brown and his co-workers at the University of Western Ontario and Los Alamos National Laboratory estimated the rate of smaller impacts.

While the final rate impacts will be determined by the Georgia Public Service Commission, the company estimates the typical Georgia Power customer, using 1,000 kilowatt - hours per month, would see a base rate increase of about $ 12 per month in 2018 when both units are fully operational.

By measuring jet heights as a function of time and velocity histories for a range of impact stresses, the scientists used several methods, including computer simulation, to estimate the yield stress for cerium following its reversion to the γ phase.

In this study, researchers at Emory University, CDC, and the University of Washington used network - based mathematical models of HIV transmission in a population of MSM to estimate the impact of applying these CDC guidelines to prevent new HIV infections in the U.S..

The authors also pointed out the importance of using accurate modelling of the extent of floods to achieve reliable impact estimates.

Fortunately for the Australian fishing industry, which uses pilchards primarily as bait, this die - off — amounting to an estimated 10 percent of the pilchard stock — is not expected to have a serious economic impact.

The researchers then used a statistical technique called isotemporal analysis to estimate the potential impact on health of reallocating time from sitting to standing or stepping.

In addition, they estimate the impact of other sources of error on the mRNA and protein abundance measurements using direct experimental data, and they find that, when error is explicitly measured and modeled, an even greater correlation between mRNA and protein is expected.

«We are planning to develop a lung cancer - specific comorbidity index using prospective data for the best estimate of the impact of individual comorbid conditions on survival.»

To test their hypothesis, Rampino and Caldeira performed time - series analyses of impacts and extinctions using newly available data offering more accurate age estimates.

Using this method to estimate the abundance and distribution of fish species could help scientists more easily understand the impact certain environmental factors, such as oyster farms or pollution, are having on local fish populations.

The agency will use this value «until an improved estimate of the impacts of climate change in the U.S. can be developed based on the best available science and economics,» an EPA spokesperson said in an email.

A global team of scientists, led by those at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, used two different simulation methods and one statistical method to predict the impact of rising temperatures on global wheat production, and all came to similar estimates.

«We recommend to our colleagues not to use these angles as surrogates for estimating impact loading in runners.

As cannabis use is much more common than cannabis use disorder, its potential impact on cigarette use in the general community may be greater than estimates based on studies of cannabis use disorder alone, according to the researchers.

The U.S. government should tweak its approach for estimating the financial impacts of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution, which it uses in drafting new regulations, according to a report released today by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS).

Researchers then used models to estimate changes in ambient pollutant concentrations due to the presence of coal - fired plants in the region and estimated health impacts using peer - reviewed methodologies used in similar studies around the world.

The model used in the study could also help researchers estimate populations of protected species present in others area of potential impacts, such as from fisheries, energy extraction operations, and military exercises.

This study is focused on three specific aspects: to assess the impact of vegetation density on energy efficiency of a roof located at a Mediterranean coastal climate; develop a simplified numeral model that can estimate thermal resistance values equivalent to plants and substrates, and finally, to verify the numerical model by using experimental data.

Using a computer code that simulates the pressure of shock waves emitted by the impact, the researchers were able to estimate how much gas was released in various impact scenarios.

Oct. 3, 2017 - A recent study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators is the first to use an ensemble of global chemistry climate models to estimate death rates from air pollution caused by the impact of climate change on pollutant concentrations.

[3] But what makes it particularly valuable is that it directly compares the impact of reducing sticker prices versus increasing institutional spending per student — and does so using a rigorous methodology that allows an estimate of causal effects, rather than just correlations between tuition, institutional spending, and student outcomes.

These models are used to estimate impacts on the separate components of the subgroups (e.g., impacts on minority and non-minority students separately) and test for the difference in impacts between the two groups.

Because the randomized controlled trial approach has the important feature of generating comparable treatment and control groups, we can use a straightforward set of analytic techniques, designed for use in social experiments, to estimate the impact of a school tour to an art museum on student outcomes.

All three effect estimates — treatment vs. control, effect of voucher use, and impact of private schooling — are provided in the longer version of this article (see «Summary of the OSP Evaluation» at www.educationnext.org), so that individual readers can view those outcomes that are most relevant to their considerations.

First, I use estimates that economists have developed of the social cost of crimes, which include tangible costs, such as lost productivity and medical care, as well as intangible costs, such as impact on quality of life; these estimates are extremely high for fatal crimes.

The estimated impact of using a scholarship to attend a private school for any length of time during the three - year evaluation period was a gain of 5.3 scale points in reading.

Consequently, the estimate should be interpreted as a lower - bound estimate of the three - year impact of attending a private school, because many students who used a scholarship during the three - year period did not remain in private school throughout the entire period.

• Among students using the voucher to attend a private elementary school (most students attended Catholic schools), the estimated impact on full - time college enrollment was 8 percentage points, or roughly 31 %.

Specifically, he will work with the PI and core project staff to develop an analysis plan, direct the evaluation of the efficacy of the Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening and Learning Read Aloud Program, articulate the fully specified multi-level models used to estimate treatment impacts on child - level vocabulary, listening comprehension and domain knowledge outcomes, and guide the secondary analyses that examine whether the quality of read alouds mediate treatment effects on child outcomes and the baseline, child - level moderators of treatment effects.

Although the evaluation found no impact on student math performance, the estimated reading impact of using a scholarship to attend a private school for any length of time during the three - year evaluation period was a statistically significant gain of more than 5 scale points.