Sentences with phrase «identified as variable»

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For all the hoopla surrounding the digital economy and virtual businesses, the success of many ventures still hinges on serious capital outlay; indeed, a recent benchmark report by the Business Development Bank of Canada identifies «significant» investment in fixed assets as a key variable that helps mid-size companies grow into large ones.

Identify as many variables as possible that could have a material impact on the outcome for any party, and assign a value to each variable and for each party.

A manager can send a question from a mobile phone, and then slice and dice feedback on the basis of variables such as tenure or department, to identify real - time trends.

Even though you probably won't end up booking this flight because you'll find a cheaper option, you'll want to identify this price to use as a comparison variable.

Direct costs, fixed costs, and variable costs are identified as the major components of a budget.

In particular the computer identifies the pattern of (loves John Eloise) with the pattern (loves John x) in the first clause and passes the value of the variable x as Eloise to the tail of the clause.

Considering all three sets of variables as well as the relations among them enables the analyst to look at the possible effects of very general social conditions on ideas and yet to identify some plausible intervening links between these conditions and the specific ideas that result.

As we identify more variables, and as we invent better means to measure, those models, and the best guess they represent will changAs we identify more variables, and as we invent better means to measure, those models, and the best guess they represent will changas we invent better means to measure, those models, and the best guess they represent will change.

In a large population - based study in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting for a range of variables [34].

By analyzing the relationships between these variables, using a statistical approach known as a regression analysis, they identified striking patterns that held across primate taxa.

The research takes as its desired stable state the Holocene epoch, the 10,000 years since the last ice age during which human civilization has flourished, and attempts to identify the key variables that might push planetary cycles past safe thresholds.

«Xenophobia strongly linked to Brexit, regardless of voter age, gender or education: Study shows British citizens who fear immigrants were more likely to have voted to leave the EU, and identifies collective narcissism as a new voting variable.»

Melina R. Kibbe, M.D., of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (formerly of Northwestern University, Chicago), and Editor, JAMA Surgery, and colleagues conducted a study to determine if sex bias exists in human surgical clinical research, if data are reported and analyzed using sex as an independent variable, and to identify specialties in which the greatest and least sex biases exist.

By looking at variables such as day and night temperatures and seasonal rainfall and vegetation types, for instance, researchers can identify the ecological niches best suited to certain insects.

In a study published in the December 13 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the authors introduce the Influence score, or «I - score,» as a statistic correlated with how much variables inherently can predict, or «predictivity,» which can consequently be used to identify highly predictive variables.

«We're hoping to impress upon the scientific community the notion that for those of us who might be interested in predicting an outcome of interest, possibly with rather complex or high dimensional data, we might gain by reconsidering the question as one of how to search for highly predictive variables (or variable sets) and using statistics that measure predictivity to help us identify those variables to then predict well,» Lo said.

«First of all, the method identifies which climate related variables such as temperature, water availability, and cloudiness are important for controlling productivity in a given location,» says Seddon.

Distinct neutralizing antibody lineages were identified in each animal, including two defined by novel antibodies (as variable regions called VHH) identified by robotic screening of over 6000 clones.

Ultimately, this will provide for current and future studies such as those that evaluate the correlation of biological markers with clinical variables and cancer outcomes, as well as those that identify interactions among biological markers.

Seven environmental variables, which were previously identified as potential predictors for podoconiosis in Ethiopia (Deribe et al., 2015b), were used to model podoconiosis prevalence.

The SIMBAD Astronomical Database identifies 15 Sge as a variable star, and it has been given the New Suspected Variable designation NSvariable star, and it has been given the New Suspected Variable designation NSVariable designation NSV 12757.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

It serves to highlight the importance of modern sequencing panels in identifying causative mutations for heterogeneous syndromes such as MFDGA and familial congenital heart defects whilst emphasising the relevance of variable expression when counselling parents.

Since then, anthropogenic influence has also been identified in a range of other climate variables, such as ocean heat content, atmospheric pressure and sea ice extent, thereby contributing further evidence of an anthropogenic influence on climate, and improving confidence in climate models.

The development of molecular methods to identify microorganisms has led to an emerging view of the resident skin bacteria as highly diverse and variable.

Students will be able to practice solving equations with variables on both sides as well as identifying the number of solutions of equations with variables on both sides.

It can be used to have students identify the algorithm, use of items such as strings and lists and other variables as well as procedural programming and as an example of the practical use of Tkinter to code the graphical user interface.

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The comprehensive and impressive tool can identify and quantify the impact on energy use of such variables as kitchen design, menu complexity, opening hours, number of meals served and behavioural, operational and equipment strategies.

Recent research has identified teacher quality as the most important variable in increasing student achievement.

2) while identifying school leadership as a separate set of variables (var.

It is already a feature in several engines — primarily but not exclusively in premium - priced models — identified by such brand names as MultiAir, Valvematic, Valvetronic, Variable Valve Event and Lift (VVEL), VarioCam Plus and others.

At least for the time being, M2 has been downgraded as a reliable indicator of financial conditions in the economy, and no single variable has yet been identified to take its place.»

«Several other accounting - based variables have been suggested as alternatives to BtM for identifying value stocks.

While the report identifies democracy and good institutions as the most important variables, it cautions that the importance of each factor is context - specific.

However, six cardinal variables can be identified as the most commonly requested: maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, incident solar radiation, relative humidity, and wind speed.

A CO2 trend overlay suggests it's the main variable driving projections, but it's not the only variable that invalidate the models as the IPCC themselves identify.

And while we are being pedantic Yule actually distinguished between «nonsense» correlations — correlations which exist between two quite unrelated variables as in the 1926 paper, and «spurious» correlations which he had identified in 1897 — where two variables are related but only because they both depend on a third variable which is not being considered.

(1) to acknowledge that the AR4 conclusions are not exclusively model - based, and (2) to identify to the extent feasible major fluctuations that might compete with GHGs rather than refer to them abstractly as climate variability, so that readers can assess for themselves how important they believe these sources of variation might have been during the particular interval cited by AR4, and whether it is necessary to invoke unidentified variables to make natural variation a potent competitor to anthropogenic forcings.

Now, identifying / proposing a variable such as this does not imply that it is possible nor desirable to «control» it.

If you want to incorporate any of this in your revision, the two points I would most recommend are (1) to acknowledge that the AR4 conclusions are not exclusively model - based, and (2) to identify to the extent feasible major fluctuations that might compete with GHGs rather than refer to them abstractly as climate variability, so that readers can assess for themselves how important they believe these sources of variation might have been during the particular interval cited by AR4, and whether it is necessary to invoke unidentified variables to make natural variation a potent competitor to anthropogenic forcings.

The system will include both advocate and public - facing online interviews to help identify and recommend the best source of assistance for a litigant's circumstances based on variables such as location, income, language, and other factors.

As outlined in Statistical Policy Working Paper 22, an expert disclosure analysis would also consider the probability that an individual who is the target of an attempt at re-identification is represented on both Start Printed Page 82710files, the probability that the matching variables are recorded identically on the two types of records, the probability that the target individual is unique in the population for the matching variables, and the degree of confidence that a match would correctly identify a unique person.

The judge found Mrs Kirk guilty of contempt of court: «Mrs Kirk deliberately chose not to identify the variable elements of her condition, or to hint at the existence of days when, as can be seen from [the videos] she was able to lead a normal life.

Consumers can use the technology to identify the nutritional variables of each ingredient, so a food item such as a hamburger will have accurate data shown in the RFID tag that will be placed on the food order package or receipt.

The variable «any STI» was defined as a positive chlamydia or HSV - 2 test at follow - up or any additional infection identified by self - report or medical chart review; more than 1 type of STI in a participant was counted only once.

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Perceived social support and alexithymia are psychosocial variables identified by previous studies as predictive of depression in normal controls and CKD patients.

Variables identified as significant in univariate analysis were included in multivariable regression models.

The approach was to identify variables representing changes that occurred as a result of the intervention and that might help to explain why domestic violence limited the effectiveness of the home - visitation program in preventing maltreatment.