Sentences with phrase «experimenting on boosting»

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We're embarking on a month - long experiment with Plasticity Labs, a Waterloo - based company that's one of a growing number of startups aiming to help employers track — and boost — workers» moods and motivation in real time.

One experiment showed that a quarter inch tab of the spray - on antenna boosted a GPS signal by 300 percent.

I've also felt the euphoria of getting drunk and have, on a few rare occasions, experimented with marijuana and felt its mood - boosting effects.

Poloz's remarks suggest the Bank is willing to conduct what amounts to an experiment: letting the economy run hot on the demand side to encourage investment and boost the supply side.

There is no relevance in terms of Twitter profile rank and from experiments I have run using Fiverr, the core problem with social signals is they still appear to produce a QDF effect, quick increase, but difficult to get sticky without links, of course the initial boost and eyeballs on your content for relevant searches can lead to links.

That said, it is recommended to experiment with «cyclical ketosis» whereby you practice weekly carb - up days (focussing on root veggies etc instead of high sugar sweets etc) to boost hormone production.

For instance, one experiment found that a 20 minute session of walking boosted children's subsequent performance on tests of reading, spelling, and arithmetic (Hillman et al 2009a).

Based on these ex vivo experiments (in cells isolated from patients and then exposed to PD - L1 blocking agents outside of the body), they predict that when actual patients are given PD - L1 blocking agents, their viral load at the time will influence the «net» outcome, i.e., whether the blockage boosts or weakens the overall anti-HIV immune response.

The scientists then shut down the experiment and upgraded nearly every aspect of the detectors, including boosting the power of the lasers and replacing the mirrors, for a subsequentrun, called Advanced LIGO, that began officially on September 18, 2015.

«On a bad day, if your equipment breaks or your experiment fails — which they all do — it gives you an extra boost as you to go pick yourself up and do it all again.»

In the self - esteem boost experiment, participants were told they were taking part in a word relationship study, and were asked to identify whether pairs of word on a computer screen were related.

The team repeated the experiment 35 times, and observed that stories boosted posting by men and women alike, as well as by people living in different U.S. regions, with different political orientations and influence on Twitter.

Evolution Instead of motors, some cyclists are allegedly experimenting with electromagnetic wheels, with magnets hidden inside carbon - fiber rims, which are capable of generating a 60 - watt boost — not bad given that a Tour de France contender will average about 350 to 400 watts on a difficult Alpine climb.

The researchers are also doing experiments on the antibody to see if they can boost its potency and lengthen the time the antibody lasts in the body, with an eye to reducing the eventual dosage that patients would need if this approach is successful.

While your romp might not give you the results you want to see on the scale, you can make it more of a real workout if you experiment with positions that boost your strength and flexibility.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, closely predicted how much a high - performing group of teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched more than three years ago.

Time Magazine reports on the results of randomized experiments conducted by Harvard economist Roland Fryer to see whether financial incentives boost student achievement.

A composite measure on teacher effectiveness drawing on all three of those measures, and tested through a random - assignment experiment, predicted fairly accurately how much high - performing teachers would successfully boost their students» standardized - test scores, concludes the series of new papers, part of the massive Measures of Effective Teaching study launched three years ago.

And that was all done without having invested in a Facebook boost, which I'll experiment with next week with BookBlast, which I'm trying based on your recommendation.

You shouldn't take risks you can't afford to lose, but for my part, I wouldn't mind experimenting with published books using blatantly stolen pictures on them just for the controversy and boost in publicity.

Google's VR division has been experimenting on light fields in view of capturing a better scene to boost its virtual reality technology.

Boosting Well - Being: A Longitudinal Intervention Experiment Based on Character Strengths.

There are no reliable studies of the impact of the EITC or the CTC on child well - being, but, to the extent that they boost employment and income together, the effects should mirror those of the «make work pay» experiments cited above.