How can the average value of the last ten years exceed
the highest value measured during that ten - year span?
Not exact matches
FMS earnings before tax as a percentage of FMS total revenue and FMS operating revenue (a non-GAAP
measure) were 4.0 % and 4.8 %, respectively, both down 60 basis points from the prior year, primarily reflecting
higher depreciation due to vehicle residual
value policy changes and lower used vehicle sales results.
First, although it should be clear that neither GDP is «correct» as a true
measure of wealth creation, I think there are good reasons to argue that the difference in real wealth creation might be greater than the difference in GDP — in other words that U.S. wealth creation is
higher relative to U.S. GDP than China's wealth creation is relative to China's GDP — and it is this adjusted GDP, representing real wealth creation, whose
value must be discounted to determine the economic «wealth» of each country.
Investors are responding to them in a rational,
measured way by moving out of growth and momentum - driven names and into more
value - priced,
high quality stocks.
With this method, assets are
measured at their gross book
value rather than at net book
value in order to produce a
higher return on equity (ROE).
Russell 1000 ® Growth Index
measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with
higher price - to - book ratios and
higher forecasted growth
values.
His desire to break up the most successful company of all time as
measured by percentage gain in
value per year is a passion born of the passing of a social mood peak of even
higher degree than that of 1929.
Looking back at the past 20 plus years,
value has traded
higher relative to growth when inflation,
measured by the consumer price index (CPI), is
higher (see the accompanying chart).
Moreover, «there is particularly
high uncertainty about
measuring the deviation of output from its potential,» and the
values of the coefficients, a and b, in Taylor's rule need to be specified.
A
value for Hoyle state 2 %
higher than the
measured value would prevent the formation of carbon.5 A
value 2 % lower than the
measured value would produce lots of carbon, but no oxygen.5 Both are essential atoms for life.
In
high value sectors there will always be criminal activity and even the most sophisticated anticounterfeiting
measures will be circumvented if the incentives are great enough.
It has a
higher brix
value (
measure of sweetness), allowing you to reduce the total amount of sugar needed in your recipe.
This minimal processing results in a product which maintains a
high ORAC (
value, a
measure of the amount of antioxidants in foods.
All substances can be
measured by a PH
value, including
high acid foods.
* What's more, whey peptides have one of the
highest biological
values (BV) of any protein source, a
value given to protein sources to
measure how well they are absorbed and used by the body.
The
highest value for all of the period was
measured for Lokomotiva Zagreb: 54.2 %.
«Collectively, data on eye movement testing demonstrates a
high degree of sensitivity and predictive
value as an outcome
measure for concussion,» observes the study.
Through constructive endeavour we have agreed a package of
measures that
values the professionalism of teachers and supports their continued commitment to as they to deliver the
highest standards of education for children and young people in Jersey.»
«The suburban communities around New York City continue to pay some of the
highest property taxes in the nation as
measured in real dollars, while Upstate communities still pay some of the
highest property taxes rates in the nation as a percentage of their home
values.»
When property taxes are
measured as a percentage of home
value, 15 of the 25
highest taxed counties in the US are in New York State.
When property taxes are
measured as a percentage of home
value, 15 of the 25
highest taxed counties in the nation are in New York State.
(7) instructs the shadow Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority and their statutory successors to apply
high standards of cost - effectiveness and demonstrate
value for money in the business case, to report back to Parliament with up to date costings and a realistic timetable for the duration of the work, and to include
measures to ensure: the repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical services, fire safety improvement works, the removal of asbestos, repairs to the external and internal fabric of the Palace, the removal of unnecessary and unsightly accretions to the Palace, the improvement of visitor access including the provision of new educational and other facilities for visitors and full access for people with disabilities;
By
measuring the concentration of these microRNAs as well as the number of regulatory T cells in maternal and cord blood it could be shown that a
high exposure to inhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with tobacco smoke coincides with
high values for miR - 223.
When
measuring heat flow in the lab at weaker turbulence, the
values can't be simply extrapolated to the
higher Reynolds numbers in nature or industry.
Better understanding the cost of
measures would not only inform decisions about which
measures to use, but also guide future development of
high -
value measures that maximize benefit while optimizing use of finite quality measurement resources.
«The dispersion
measure for the bursts we saw has a
value three times
higher than what is likely to be produced by our galaxy,» says Slavko Bogdanov, a study co-author at Columbia University.
Lead author of the study, Sabrina Wenzel of DLR explains: «the carbon dioxide concentrations
measured for many decades on Hawaii and in Alaska show characteristic cycles, with lower
values in the summer when strong photosynthesis causes plants to absorb CO2, and
higher -
values in the winter when photosynthesis stops.
The study included three
measures of lifetime earnings: gross lifetime earnings by majors; net lifetime earnings after accounting for demographic and
high school performance related factors; and net present
value at age 20 after applying a 4 percent discount rate.
«This shows that
measuring high frequency variability during this early critical window of postnatal development has
value for identifying NEC risk at a time when symptoms are not evident and interventions to improve the parasympathetic nervous system activity can be given,» said researcher R. Alberto Travagli, professor of neural and behavioral sciences.
The team found the predictions with the new shielded model of PAHs came in at the same
value that Simonich
measured on the mountain - four times
higher than the previous model, which was considerably off the mark.
Lowest pH (7.8) and
highest pCO2 (658.3 µatm)
values measured during a cold - water intrusion event in the non-upwelling season were similar to those minimum
values reported from upwelling season (pH = 7.8, pCO2 = 643.5 µatm), unveiling that natural acidification also occurs sporadically in the non-upwelling season.
Assay, sample and side - to - side variation were quantified by analysis of variance and presumptively incorrect decisions related to
high - risk disease were determined using the result from each MRD assay, the mean MRD in the patient as the
measure of the true
value, and each of 3 different MRD cut - off levels which have been used for making decisions on treatment.
+ The Nutritional Science Research Institute tested the nutritional
value of chia seed and said it contains «the
highest amount of antioxidants we have ever
measured» and cited chia as one of the most powerful whole food antioxidants we know.
Dear Dr. Greger: Is antioxidant power THE ONLY
measure of antioxidants, so that the
higher the ORAC
value the better and variety of antioxidants not so critical??
Ghrelin AUC
values measured after 12 wk of ad libitum
high - protein diet consumption during CRC3 were significantly greater than were the
values measured during visit CRC1 (Table 6).
This agrees with a recent study that used a
measure of biological
value (BV,
higher the better) to assess how efficiently exogenous protein gets used for protein synthesis in the body.
In fact, many herbs and spices rank even
higher in antioxidant activity than fruits and vegetables, with some spices such as cloves, turmeric, and cinnamon having as much as 10 - 50x more antioxidants
measured by ORAC
value (on a weight to weight comparison) compared to the mighty blueberry.
If we multiply digestibility and biological
value, we get a
measuring index known by nutritionists as Net Protein Utilization (NPU), which stands for the total percentage of the protein that the body can actually use.6 Without exception, animal proteins have a
higher NPU than vegetable proteins.
Oregano is very
high on the ORAC scale of
measured antioxidant
value, making it powerful at fighting free radicals and quelling inflammation.
Cloves have been
measured as having THE
highest antioxidant level (ORAC
value) of all spices and herbs.
They have a very
high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC)
value; the ORAC scale is a method of
measuring antioxidant capacities.
And if all of that weren't enough, the phytonutrients found in EpiCor ® give it a
higher ORAC
value (a
measure of antioxidants) than healthy foods such as blueberries, red wine and pomegranate juice!
P - EMG is simply the
highest recorded EMG amplitude
value in any given time period, which can be
measured either based on the raw signal or after applying one of the other data processing options (A-EMG, I - EMG, RMS - EMG, etc.) across the various time windows that are
measured within the overall muscle action being investigated.
It's ORAC
value or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity
measures among the
highest, if not the
highest among popular fruits and vegetables.
To decrease this risk, regularly use a sunscreen with Broad Spectrum SPF
value of 15 or
higher and other sun protection
measures, including: limit time in the sun, especially from 10a.
UPDATE — The LA Times coverage of the report contains a similar misinterpretation: «But the study found that teachers whose students said they «taught to the test» were, on average, lower performers on
value - added
measures than their peers, not
higher.»
He investigated the relationship between teacher
value - added data and dismissal in a subsample of 803 elementary school teachers and 1,134
high school teachers for which
value - added
measures are available.
We know there's sometimes a lack of trust for
value - added
measures in general, so the idea of making them such a
high - leverage personnel decision could come with some greater costs to the profession.
Commentary on «Great Teaching:
Measuring its effects on students» future earnings» By Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman and Jonah E. Rockoff The new study by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Jonah Rockoff asks whether
high -
value - added teachers (i.e., teachers who raise student test scores) also have positive longer - term impacts on students, as reflected in college attendance, earnings, -LSB-...]
And then for our research, we have to both have a good
measure of
value added and ensure that when we're using that
measure, we are doing a good job of also accounting for other things that might be going on during a child's schooling that might also affect 8th - grade tests and
high school outcomes.