Sentences with phrase «from standard measurement»

To practice estimation, convert from standard measurement to metric measurement and back again.

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In an era in which organizations of all sizes have become preoccupied with training and certification standards, Yardstick Software, an Edmonton firm, has figured out how to profit from our fascination with measurement.

The UV index is an international standard measurement of how strong the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is at a particular place on a particular day.

Income from forests has been largely «undervalued», particularly in assessments of poverty and income such as the World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Survey, says Arild Angelsen, an environmental economist at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Aas and a lead author of the study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) based in Bogor, Indonesia.

Baker's work focuses on comparing the results from this method to those from the gold standard procedure, in which all of an athlete's sweat is collected, not just a sample, and developing protocols for getting the most accurate results from these absorbent pad - based measurements.

Previous experiments with beams and containers appeared to give sharply different neutron lifetimes, the most precise measurement using a bottle trap differs by almost four standard deviations from that measured in a beam.

With the gain in knowledge from [this trial], it may be possible to make the recruitment of patients less restricted, to incorporate education about self - measurement as a standard procedure and focus on which scheme for titration to use, or to study the timing of the home blood pressure recordings.

However, these so - called «standard candles» do vary slightly from one another, limiting the precision of such measurements.

When she wants to determine age, sex, and stature, she compares standard measurements of bone casts at different ages and data from anthropological manuals to her measurements.

It's the last standard of measurement that is still based on a physical object — but it will soon be derived from a mathematical constant

That size cutoff is standard practice,» says Bruce Raup of the University of Colorado in Boulder, who is also director of the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space project, an international glacier monitoring project.

Philipp Hauke and Peter Zoller from the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Markus Heyl from the Technical University of Munich, and Luca Tagliacozzo from ICFO — The Institute of Photonic Sciences have found a new way to detect certain properties of many - particle entanglement independent of the size of the system and by using standard measurement tools.

Measurements calculated using images from the new system correlated well with those obtained with an ocular biometer, the standard clinical device used today.

With that kind of power, the measurements will be more exact, and any small deviations from standard model predictions could emerge.

The level of the standard was to be compared to measurements made at sites that represent «community - wide air quality» recording the highest level, or, if specific requirements were satisfied, to average measurements from multiple community - wide air quality monitoring sites («spatial averaging»).

Two Finnish researchers, Minna Rintala and Pertti Mustajoki, tested standard accepted body fat percentages for women against measurements they made on mannequins (of arm, thigh, waist, and hip circumference are all standard means by which to measure body fat percentage) they found in Finnish museums that were from the 20s, 30s, 50s, 60s, and 90s.

These sturdy glass measuring cups feature bold read from above measurements (metric and standard).

You can order your selection using standard clothing sizes (anywhere from 0 - 36W) or input your measurements to get a piece made just for you.

As usual, I opted for my standard UK10, which felt pretty true to size everywhere but the bust (actual measurements of my dress were 33 - 34 ″ bust, 27.5 ″ waist, and free hip, with a 15.25 bodice from shoulder to waist).

Size Extra Small (Fits sizes 0 - 2) Body Length from Shoulder: 27» Sleeve Length from Shoulder: 26 1/2» Size Small (Fits sizes 4 - 6) Body Length from Shoulder: 28» Sleeve Length from Shoulder: 26 3/4» Size Medium (Fits sizes 8 - 10) Body Length from Shoulder: 29» Sleeve Length from Shoulder: 27» Size Large (Fits sizes 12 - 14) Body Length from Shoulder: 30» Sleeve Length from Shoulder: 27 1/4» Size Extra Large (Fits sizes 16 - 18) Body Length from Shoulder: 31» Sleeve Length from Shoulder: 27 1/2» Unless otherwise noted, all measurements are standard design measurements of the garment laying flat.

objectives include: Year 6 objectives • solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate • use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to 3 decimal places • convert between miles and kilometres • recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa • recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes • calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles • calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm ³) and cubic metres (m ³), and extending to other units [for example, mm ³ and km ³] • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables • draw 2 - D shapes using given dimensions and angles • recognise, describe and build simple 3 - D shapes, including making nets • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons • illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius • recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles • describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants) • draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes • interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems • calculate and interpret the mean as an average • read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit • round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy and more!

November 3, 2015 — Richard Freeland, former state commissioner of higher education from 2008 to 2015 and president of Northeastern University 1996 - 2006, and John Davis, chairman and CEO of the American Saw and Manufacturing Company, cite high remediation rates, and an increasingly globalized business environment in support of assessments aligned to higher standards, rather than a measurement system designed nearly 20 years ago.

To characterize the nature of literacy policy research, we examine the literature on standards and assessment in relation to the policy, measurement, and literacy contexts from which it arises.

The teachers are boycotting the exam because they feel its measurements of student improvement are disconnected from state standards and classroom lessons, and that the test they consider unreliable is unfairly used to evaluate their job performances.

Systematic measurement of progress is a departure from standard practice in American schools.

What distinguishes policy - oriented research conducted by literacy researchers from that conducted by policy and measurement researchers is a primary emphasis on the subject - matter content of standards and assessment and their validity and consistency with current literacy theory and research.

Generally speaking, content from curriculum standards is assigned a level of difficulty on a measurement scale.

Can your school or school district take steps to design measurement topics, derived from the state standards?

It provides customary US standard and metric measurements from 0 to 4-1/2» and 0 to 11-1/2 cm.

Navigating Through Measurement in Grades 3 - 5 Transition students from informal or nonstandard measurement to standard units for measuring length, area, perimeter, weight, angle, and tMeasurement in Grades 3 - 5 Transition students from informal or nonstandard measurement to standard units for measuring length, area, perimeter, weight, angle, and tmeasurement to standard units for measuring length, area, perimeter, weight, angle, and temperature.

Curriculum - Based Measurement of Oral Reading: Standard Errors Associated With Progress Monitoring Outcomes From DIBELS, AIMSweb, and an Experimental Passage Set

On the use of multiple measures, as currently in line with the current measurement standards of the profession, from 1917: «students of teacher measurement appear to have erred in that they have attempted too much.

But I can tell you that, apart from the controversial styling, every other aspect of the new Taurus scores high by every standard of measurement I use to evaluate new vehicles.

Measurements: The measured Intensity Scale and Gamma for the LG OLED TV is a very accurate 2.23, which is very close to the Standard Intensity Scale and Gamma of 2.20, and is Visually Indistinguishable from Perfect.

Because participating with the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program is voluntary, practices that earn AAHA certification have enough confidence in the level of their care to welcome measurement from an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

The crash test dog (CTD) excursion measurement shall be calculated from start of test (pre-test) at point z on the standard seat assembly to furthest projection point during dynamic testing.

One of the complications when it comes to understanding the research data on animal shelters is that often standards of measurement differ from study to study, state to state, or nation to nation.

From that time on this measurement has been the standard gauge in England and the United States.»

Sagar additionally presents new work from the «Human Factors» series cataloguing international standards in human measurement.

I can determine the standard uncertainty for all the measured variables from statistics It is falsifiable — i can move a body at a certain velocity for a certain time and measure the traveled distance If the traveled distance does not fit with calculated distance within the uncertainty calculated by using the international standard Guide to the expression of Uncertainty in Measurement the model might be wrong.

AOSMET are standard meteorological measurements of the ambient temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction intended solely for analyzing the data from the AOS instruments.

3.3.2 In practice, there are many possible sources of uncertainty in a measurement, including: a) incomplete definition of the measurand; b) imperfect reaIization of the definition of the measurand; c) nonrepresentative sampling — the sample measured may not represent the defined measurand; d) inadequate knowledge of the effects of environmental conditions on the measurement or imperfect measurement of environmental conditions; e) personal bias in reading analogue instruments; f) finite instrument resolution or discrimination threshold; g) inexact values of measurement standards and reference materials; h) inexact values of constants and other parameters obtained from external

But the SEM is standard deviation of the results divided by the number of measurements... so your individual errors are indeed accounted for, whether they are random or are from other sources.

In other words, your initial comment, and everything since, just shows that you can find the mean in a series of measurements, and can determine the standard deviation from that mean.

Working from an ancient formula on optimal dam design he devised the equation: log (R / S) = K * log (N / 2) where R is the range of the time series, S is the standard deviation of year - to - year flood measurements and N is the number of years in the series.»

Compared to a similar 363 - month period, working backwards from October 1944, the modern warming was only +0.06 °C higher, which is smaller than the error bars of a standard thermometer measurement.

Can we establish metrological tracability from international measurement standards through to analysis fields?

The adjusted USHCN CONUS temperatures are well aligned with recent measurements from NOAA's U.S. Climate Reference Network (designed with the highest climate monitoring standards for siting and instrument exposure), thus providing independent evidence that the USHCN provides an accurate measure of the U.S. temperature.

One example would be the standard practice of backing out effects of elevation and latitude from raw gravity measurements.

Measurement of CO2 concentration is always problematic; the «Standard Dry Air» SDA basis of measurement and comparison is at standard temperature and pressure which is a non-existent parameter; and as we are seeing, CO2 is not a well - mixed gas at all and will be defined by, amongst other variables, SH, or absolute humidity; SH can vary from 0 to 5 % by volume of atmosphere; as the SH increases, the absolute amount of other gases, including CO2, decreases; to say therefore that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have remained stable and not been above 280ppm over the last 650my is fanciful; even if you assume past CO2 levels have not got above 280ppm the range of variation within that limit has been greater than the currenMeasurement of CO2 concentration is always problematic; the «Standard Dry Air» SDA basis of measurement and comparison is at standard temperature and pressure which is a non-existent parameter; and as we are seeing, CO2 is not a well - mixed gas at all and will be defined by, amongst other variables, SH, or absolute humidity; SH can vary from 0 to 5 % by volume of atmosphere; as the SH increases, the absolute amount of other gases, including CO2, decreases; to say therefore that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have remained stable and not been above 280ppm over the last 650my is fanciful; even if you assume past CO2 levels have not got above 280ppm the range of variation within that limit has been greater than the current iStandard Dry Air» SDA basis of measurement and comparison is at standard temperature and pressure which is a non-existent parameter; and as we are seeing, CO2 is not a well - mixed gas at all and will be defined by, amongst other variables, SH, or absolute humidity; SH can vary from 0 to 5 % by volume of atmosphere; as the SH increases, the absolute amount of other gases, including CO2, decreases; to say therefore that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have remained stable and not been above 280ppm over the last 650my is fanciful; even if you assume past CO2 levels have not got above 280ppm the range of variation within that limit has been greater than the currenmeasurement and comparison is at standard temperature and pressure which is a non-existent parameter; and as we are seeing, CO2 is not a well - mixed gas at all and will be defined by, amongst other variables, SH, or absolute humidity; SH can vary from 0 to 5 % by volume of atmosphere; as the SH increases, the absolute amount of other gases, including CO2, decreases; to say therefore that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have remained stable and not been above 280ppm over the last 650my is fanciful; even if you assume past CO2 levels have not got above 280ppm the range of variation within that limit has been greater than the current istandard temperature and pressure which is a non-existent parameter; and as we are seeing, CO2 is not a well - mixed gas at all and will be defined by, amongst other variables, SH, or absolute humidity; SH can vary from 0 to 5 % by volume of atmosphere; as the SH increases, the absolute amount of other gases, including CO2, decreases; to say therefore that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have remained stable and not been above 280ppm over the last 650my is fanciful; even if you assume past CO2 levels have not got above 280ppm the range of variation within that limit has been greater than the current increase;