Sentences with phrase «lowest measured point»

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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.

When Duke University's Fuqua School of Business measured the NPS of its MBA program in October, the school found that it hit an impressive 67, 10 points lower than the Welch Institute.

The text separately pointed to possible medium - term measures to address emissions that could include low - carbon and zero - carbon fuels, improved energy efficiency for new and existing ships and possible market - based mechanisms to encourage the shift to lower - carbon fuels.

Such activities have been shown to lower functional IQ by 10 points — which is, by some measures, about twice the impact of smoking marijuana.

A measure of the underemployment rate, which includes employed people who want to work more hours, also reached a new low point of 6.4 per cent, a rate last seen in the December quarter 1989.

That «cycle» measured from the low point of one bear market to low the low point of the next, lasted 69 - months.

On either measure of real cash rates shown here, they are well below the average of the second half of the 1980s; they have declined since their most recent peak in 1995, but remain above the low point reached in 1993/94.

Are we to believe that they had tools to measure the lowest, & highest point of land (mount Everest) back in 7th century Arabia or anywhere in the world???!!! LoL

One and a half percent of the newborns had a low Apgar score, which is a measure of a baby's health in the first minutes after birth, and 2.5 percent were admitted to the intensive care unit in a hospital at some point during the six weeks after birth.

The early voting measure is the first part of a three - point plan Ryan is pushing for, which will address low turnout and boost election participation by citizens across New York State.

By measuring average point scores rather than a single cutoff point, the new measure will also ensure that the achievement of all students is recognised equally, including both low attainers and high fliers.

But it did provide talking points for House Republican leaders who need conservatives support to pass the measure: lower deficits, reduced federal spending and tax cuts.

Opponents of the measure pointed to the favorable language before voters on the ballot as set by the state Board of Elections, which touted claims the amendment would bring more jobs, added school aid and lower property taxes.

A more specific ICM question asked only if people would support raising the retirement age for public sector workers, and not including higher contribution rates and lower payouts — on this specific point 49 % supported the measure, 41 % opposed (ICM, 19th June).

PRINCETON, NJ — Americans» favorable rating of the Democratic Party dropped to 41 % in a late March USA Today / Gallup poll, the lowest point in the 18 - year history of this measure.

The findings, published by PLOS ONE, also showed DiaSocial users high in locomotion performed more self - management behaviors related to physical activity, diet, medication adherence, and glucose measures, and earned more points in the app than their counterparts low in locomotion.

The quality of life survey — where a low score indicates less impact from tinnitus — is called TFI, and is measured on a 100 - point scale.

The study provides concrete starting points for developing measures targeted at increasing regional wood supply from forests or lowering harvest pressure in regions where forests are heavily used.

Four children had grade 1 low hemoglobin levels measured at limited time points, one in the 10 µg group a week after the second immunization; and 3 in the 25 µg group occurring on the days of the first and second immunizations and a month after the third immunization, respectively.

Is there a scientific way to measure «set point», and any published studies that show «set point» can indeed be lowered with IF / EF?

Another meta - analysis was recently published that finally went ahead and measured the ultimate end - point, death, and low - carb diets were associated with a significantly higher risk of all - cause mortality, meaning living a significantly shorter lifespan.

DETAILS: - Officially licensed product - 17.5» approx length from high point shoulder to hem, 44» chest, 40» waist, 19.5» sleeve length from shoulder ridge, 25» shoulder width - Measured from Small - 60 % cotton, 40 % polyester - Machine wash cold, tumble dry low - Imported

Regardless of whether this makes the Pell proxy more or less accurate for identifying low - income students, the important point here is that eligibility has been moving up the income spectrum, changing what the proxy measures over time.

Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high - quality public schools, increased parental choice, or a material increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.

That is, if the average teacher's SAT score at highly selective colleges is consistently 50 points lower (or higher) than that of the average student at such colleges, and a similar consistency holds for the other groupings, then we have a good measure of changes in the aptitudes of those entering the teaching profession.

Because the Hypersegregation Index is a measure of the proportion of schools with FRPL rates more than 20 percentage points away from the district FRPL rate, districts with very high or low FRPL rates would be more likely to score low on this index even though their schools are not necessarily integrated.

At some point many decades ago, it was decided that student achievement in math would largely be measured by standardized multiple choice, often low - level skill mathematics problems.

This article reports that after two years of using Achieve3000, 12 low - performing schools in Georgia measure an average 173 - point increase in student Lexile scores.

On the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress, African - American fourth graders performed 26 points lower than white fourth graders in measures of reading.

However, in a report that Richard Kahlenberg and I coauthored for the Century Foundation, we profiled diverse charter schools in which the proportion of low - income students (as measured by eligibility for free and reduced - price lunch) ranged from 30 to 70 percent, within 20 percentage points of the 50 percent goal (Kahlenberg & Potter, 2012).

The research also points for the need to come to established consensus about whether instability of measures of teaching performance is a problem or not, and what level of stability is needed to make either high - or low - stakes decisions about teachers.

The lowest point of the bumper is generally used as the vehicle measuring point.

EuroNCAP is taking very seriously the testing of its cars, with more stringent measures that lowered the overall points.

HP is claiming it hasn't resorted to price cutting measures to arrive at the low price point, but is all about delivering the... [Read more...]

Measuring 0.3 inches at its thinnest point, this 4.5 - ounce device has the lowest profile of any handset on the market.

What I want from Amazon is a lower price - point and a battery life measure in days, not hours.

Some believe the tablet will be very similar to the current iPad 2 but with a lower price point in the high - $ 200 range, while more recent reports suggest Apple is working on a smaller iPad model with a display measuring just over 7 inches diagonally.

Unlike Treasuries and investment grade corporates, the high yield market as measured by the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index touch a low point for yield earlier in the month at a 5.87 % on October 6th.

The yield of the U.S. Treasury 10 - year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ended the week 9 basis points as month - over-month CPI was the same as prior and lower than the 0.3 % expected level.

Schembri also reaffirmed the central bank's view that measures such as fiscal stimulus from Ottawa are better suited at this point to help improve financial stability because the benchmark interest rate is already very low.

As for point 5, anything that you measure over longer time horizons will have lower annualized volatility than what is measured over short horizons.

If your trading system measures cycles, like the Top Dog Trading system, you could also use cycle highs / lows as logical points to scale out of your positions.

Year - to - date the yield of the 10 - year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index is 51 basis points lower closing on Friday at a 2.52 %.

After having dropped to a low of 2.13 % on October 15th, the yield of the U.S. 10 - year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index has risen by 14 basis points to its current 2.28 %.

Crown height reduction can often be curative in the beginning stages of dental disease when accompanied by diet correction and other preventive measures.1 — 3 However, in cases of moderate to severe dental disease, crown height reduction procedures will need to be performed repeatedly.1 - 3 Overgrown incisors or cheek teeth should be trimmed using a dental bur or trimming forceps (FIGURE 6A) designed specifically for crown reduction.1 - 3 Nail trimmers, rongeurs, and other manual cutting tools should never be used to perform crown height reduction.2, 3 Root damage, tooth fractures or splinters, and abnormal regrowth are likely to occur when using improper equipment.2, 3 Crown reduction performed without sedation or anesthesia is difficult and often done blindly, resulting in missed sharp points or spurs and injury to the gums, cheeks, or tongue.1 - 3 Rabbits with moderate to severe dental disease should be anesthetized, allowing crown reduction and reshaping to be performed with a low - speed dental bur while protecting soft tissues with bur guards and dental spatulas.1 — 3 (FIGURE 6B)

Previously, the base of the spine was used as a player's primary node (i.e. the reference point that movements are measured relative to), but the... erm... lower back area is completely obscured by the sofa when players sit down.

please read Z. Jaworowski's (with Segalstad and Ono) many papers on this subject of trapped gases in glaciers, where he discusses the over 20 mechanical and chemical processes that make accurate measurements impossible; even in shallow cores above the point where co2 is supposedly permanently trap in ice cavities in the firn, co2 concentrations are already 20 - 40 % lower than those measured in air at mauna loa.

to be consistent, either we should have 100 points measuring the temperature on a specific hour of the day on mountains and in the ocean, and no average world temperature, or we should do the same with CO2, measure high for the day, low for the day, average, and make a global average from many regions, and then define an anomaly on the same interval as the temperature anomaly in order to be consistent.

Looking in more detail in the 20th century: They show «real measured temperatures» decliing from a peak in the 1930 - 1940 timeframe towards a low point in early 1970 - > then a steady rise from 1970 on.

The DSCOVR satellite will help to improve the usefulness of our satellite fleet that is in low Earth orbit by providing a common calibration reference point — which will enhance the synergy among many different orbiting instruments observing and measuring changes in the Earth system.