Sentences with phrase «generation time measures»

Here I generalize their formula and interpretations of Ta to continuous or continuous - discrete population structure, and derive similar formulas for three other established generation time measures: average parent age across all births at one time (Ā), and mean parent age at birth events for a cohort (μ1) or generation (Tc).

But microbes, with generation times measured in minutes, adapt in a matter of days.

Not exact matches

Already the most dominant Chinese leader in generations, Xi has made it all too clear that China has entered a «new era,» and that it sees itself as a top global power, in stark contrast to the past four decades of «Hide your strength, bide your time,» as put by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who spearheaded the market - opening measures in 1978.

The change, he said at the time, came in response to concerns the measure could have negative tax implications for small businesses following a death and create challenges for owners who hoped to pass their family businesses to the next generation.

The Special Petroleum Tax Law was passed in 2014 as part of tax measures adopted by the government at the time to increase revenue generation and improve efficiency on revenue collection from petroleum products.

After 10 generations, the line of fighting flies had become much more aggressive than a group of control flies, and after 20 generations, the aggressive insects scored more than 30 times higher than the controls did on a «fighting index» that measured how ferociously they fought, Dierick and Greenspan report online 13 August in Nature Genetics.

They are now waiting for a new generation of giant interferometers that measure the time it takes a laser beam to travel through vacuum tubes several kilometres long.

As our ESCs die and differentiate over time, we periodically use next - generation sequencing to measure the relative proportion of guide RNAs (gRNAs) across the population.

To these ends, Lucas trained an entire generation of film readers and video renters to manually measure aspect ratios onscreen, hunt down multiple and multi-region releases of the same title, compare alternate run - times and conflicting versions of the same film, and in the process, appreciate the ever - blurring line between exploitation and art house.

Only time will tell if Mario Tennis Aces is Mario sports» grand return to form, but many players are cautiously optimistic that the Switch title will finally measure up to the series» sixth generation glory days.

It is time for a new generation of accountability that fully reflects a more comprehensive definition of student success, accurately measures student learning, and more systematically tracks our efforts to support children.

Vicki Abeles, author of Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, and Underestimated Generation, wrote in The New York Times last year about burdening already stressed - out students with a longer school day:

Time to see how the second generation Audi A5 measures against the competition from Stuttgart and Munich.

Amazon says that the new Fire tablet is almost 2 times more durable than the latest generation iPad Air as measured in tumble tests, and has 2 times more processing power than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite.

Ability to express and measure time in traditional way is now a rare talent, privilege of older generation.

Sad but true, nowadays, many Balinese especially the younger generation do not know how to express and measuring time in traditional Balinese way.

Only time will tell if Mario Tennis Aces is Mario sports» grand return to form, but many players are cautiously optimistic that the Switch title will finally measure up to the series» sixth generation glory days.

Merce Cunningham: Common Time is the first survey exhibition to measure the late choreographer and dancer's indelible impact on generations of artists.

In the absence of being able to make that policy call at this time on dangerous interference, what we're doing as an interim measure is working bottom up to see how aggressive can we be in finding a pathway to low - carbon power generation from coal, because that accounts for more than 50 percent of emissions; how aggressive can we be in transitioning to a much greater diversity of fuel supply than petroleum, and vehicle technology, and that's 20 percent of emissions; and then what can we do much more rapidly to halt deforestation, which is 20 percent of emissions.

As both the House and the Senate grapple with proposed carbon - cutting measures — carbon taxes and «cap - and - trade» schemes for big CO2 emitters such as coal - fired power plants; increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and trucks; and mandatory set - asides for clean renewable energy in the mix of energy generation options — emissions from aircraft seem, at least for the time being, to have gone over the heads of most policymakers engaged in the rush to cut carbon emissions.

At the same time, state energy - efficiency mandates would force it to reduce generation, while new measures liberalizing the electricity market meant PG&E would lose much of its customer base to other providers.

Other provisions in the act — such as tax incentives that encourage the adoption of energy - efficient technologies, a shift to more combined heat and power generation, and the adoption of real - time pricing of electricity (a measure that will discourage optional electricity use during peak demand periods)-- would cut electricity demand enough to avoid building an additional 37 coal - fired power plants.

Building type: 1950s solid wall brick house, east - west orientation, detached (91sqm extended to 125sqm) Location: Nottingham Budget: Approx # 200k including extensions, full refurbishment, full and internal fit - out, garage rebuild, landscaping Space heating demand Before: 458 kWh / m2 / yr according to EPC at time of purchase After: 24kWh / m2 / yr (PHPP) Heat load Before: not known After: 10 W / m2 Primary energy demand (PHPP) Before: not known After: 81 kWh / m2 / yr Primary energy demand (measured) Before: 330 kWh / m2 / yr After: 81 kWh / m2 / yr Energy performance certificate (EPC) Before: E 39 After: B90 (predicting space and water heating total of over 13,000 kWh / yr compared with actual value of 5,345 kWh in 2013) Measured total energy consumption Before: 275 kWh / m2 / yr (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011) After: 56 kWh / m2 / yr (Jan - Dec 2013), not including PV use or genmeasured) Before: 330 kWh / m2 / yr After: 81 kWh / m2 / yr Energy performance certificate (EPC) Before: E 39 After: B90 (predicting space and water heating total of over 13,000 kWh / yr compared with actual value of 5,345 kWh in 2013) Measured total energy consumption Before: 275 kWh / m2 / yr (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011) After: 56 kWh / m2 / yr (Jan - Dec 2013), not including PV use or genMeasured total energy consumption Before: 275 kWh / m2 / yr (Apr 2010 - Mar 2011) After: 56 kWh / m2 / yr (Jan - Dec 2013), not including PV use or generation.

However, the lack of a processor from the latest generation hobbled it, and a camera that doesn't measure up to Samsung's latest means that in this place, at this time, the Samsung Galaxy S9 is definitely the phone to pick up out of these two.

Manufacture the Dual - Purkinje - Image Eyetracker family first developed at SRI, International, consisting of the Generation 6.3 and Generation 2000 Eyetrackers, the Stimulus Deflector and Scotoma Device, Fundus Illumination and Measuring Instrument (FIMI), and the real - time Optometer.

She argues that it will probably take several generations for Indigenous people's health to approximate that of non-Indigenous Australians: «Rather than specify an unrealistic time line for aspirational goals, it would be better to focus on shorter - term process measures.»

Millennials aren't necessarily afraid to commit, they're just taking more time to weigh their options and make a measured, lifelong decision than generations past.

Although there are policies in Wales that aim to address violence, including the recent «Framework for Managing the Night - Time Economy in Wales», 54 the Well - being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 55 which provisionally includes a national indicator around «feeling safe in the community», and the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act (2015), 56 more can be done to address key risk factors through other measures, including policy.1 Violence is strongly linked to social determinants such as unemployment; income and gender inequality; limited educational opportunities; and cultural, social and gender norms.1 Any comprehensive violence prevention strategy must recognise the influence of such factors and identify ways to mitigate or protect against risks.