Sentences with phrase «measure of confidence for»

The Commission's measure of confidence for that sector fell to minus 11.3 from minus nine as new orders declined.

Not exact matches

Another test to measure confidence involves standing up in front of a panel of VonChurch employees and speaking for two minutes on a subject an applicant is passionate about, and one that also demonstrates he or she has technical knowledge.

The analysis used to calibrate next year's index view involves nine different methods, including a normalized earnings yield gap approach, the P / E Bulls - Eye, currency measures, and consumer confidence, which supports a 1,900 year - end result for the S&P 500 - 4 % above the previously released June 2014 expectation of 1,825.

The central bank seeks to measure confidence by asking a group of 100 companies about things such as their hiring and investment plans for the 12 months ahead.

The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.

The eurozone's manufacturing PMI for February rose to its best level since 2011, and a leading measure of German business confidence for the same month climbed back up to the four - year high seen at the end of 2016.

Conditions for many businesses have picked up over recent months, with measures of confidence improving in line with signs of renewed strength in the domestic and world economies.

We would concur with this broadly positive outlook for the economy over the rest of the year, in large part due to the contribution from US consumers, whose well - being — thanks mainly to a robust labor market — was apparent in one measure of consumer confidence during September, which hit its highest level in nine years.

Lewis» confidence in human nature, with its capacity for reason and susceptibility to myth, gave him a measure of patience with those who did not see the truth or saw it only dimly.

The granting of responsibility for the weights and measures is an unusual sign of confidence; it may indicate that the immigrants had a higher level of mathematical and commercial competence than the Indians among whom they had settled.»

The participation of every family is a measure of confidence in this amazing school and a show of gratitude for what Pine Hill is offering to our children.

Meta - analysis of three RCTs showed significant benefit for sweep VEP acuity at 12 months (log of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR)-RRB-(mean difference (MD)-0.15, 95 % confidence interval (CI)-0.17 to -0.13; I2 = 0; three trials; N = 244), but meta - analysis of three other RCTs showed no benefit for visual acuity measured with Teller cards at 12 months (cycles / degree)(MD -0.01, 95 % CI -0.12 to 0.11; I2 = 0; three trials; N = 256).

The Corps said the measure was also to guarantee confidence of the people in the provision of adequate security for the election.

In the Canadian province of Ontario, the Liberal Party formed a minority government from 1985 to 1987 on the basis of a formal accord with the New Democratic Party (NDP): the NDP agreed to support the Liberals for two years on all confidence motions and budgetary legislation, in exchange for the passage of certain legislative measures proposed by the NDP.

«As we look forward to reuniting with our leader and elder statesman who is fondly called the Architect of Modern Plateau for his transformational work which remains an enduring legacy in the history of Plateau State, we do that with a measure of confidence in the knowledge that morning will come no matter the length of night», he stressed.

Supporters of the SOCE measure, who also pressed for a vote, voiced strong confidence they would have won on the Senate floor, with sponsor Brad Hoylman, an out gay West Side Democrat, pointing to public support for the measure from Republicans.

Also, the model - based approach includes measures of uncertainty about our population estimates, which are not usually provided by more common approaches and are crucial for understanding the level of confidence we have about our estimates.»

For the animals that were born in 2014, the researchers also measured the level of confidence exhibited by the animals using a so - called stick test.

«Although the deal lists possible mitigation measures, the lack of an action plan for their development and the tone of discussions at the IMO does not give much confidence that measures will be adopted soon.»

We calculated geometric mean and 95 % confidence intervals for MRI - measured breast density at ages 25 — 29 years across quartiles of fat intake using linear mixed - effect regression.

I don't need to repeat myself, but just for good measure, sweats to me are a symbol of true confidence.

«Finding Nemo» (2003) Box Office Take: $ 937m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 25 «Finding Nemo» will surely be bounced out of the Top 25 all - time grossers within a few weeks, thanks to «Age Of Ultron» (with «Minions,» «Spectre» and «Star Wars» likely to push it further down, too), but for a time, it was one of the top 5 movies of all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besof the Top 25 all - time grossers within a few weeks, thanks to «Age Of Ultron» (with «Minions,» «Spectre» and «Star Wars» likely to push it further down, too), but for a time, it was one of the top 5 movies of all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besOf Ultron» (with «Minions,» «Spectre» and «Star Wars» likely to push it further down, too), but for a time, it was one of the top 5 movies of all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besof the top 5 movies of all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besof all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besof the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their besof their best.

The first side of each worksheet is a checklist with two ways for the student to rate confidence for each of the sub-topics and the second side features other useful measures that allow teachers to measure a student's confidence and reflective abilities.

The first side is a PLC with two ways for the student to rate confidence for each of the sub-topics and the second side features other useful measures that allow teachers to gauge a student's confidence and reflective abilities.

One plausible explanation is that our measure of leadership practices did not adequately capture the consequences of different levels of efficacy (or confidence) for what leaders do and how they are perceived.

Of course, we can not deem one over the other, for both proficiency and growth are required, but I've not yet considered growth as a measure to build teacher expertise and confidence.

For instance, we see the 95 percent confidence level used in academic publications as a measure of statistical significance.

It also explains why researchers and value - added vendors typically report confidence intervals for value - added measures that help quantify the role of random error and the uncertainty this creates about teachers» «true» value - added.

Personalized learning also allows the students to experience a measure of academic success, sometimes for the first time, and builds their confidence with the eventual goal of filling in their learning gaps and equipping them for success when they leave the center.

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Adobe's senior vice president and general manager of its digital marketing business unit, Brad Rencher, says: «AudienceResearch has the potential to provide the industry with a reliable, cross-channel currency for measuring digital audience size and engagement, bringing greater confidence into the digital advertising planning, buying, and selling process.»

Optimistic sentiment for job prospects, personal finances and spending intentions increased in nearly half (48 %) of all measured markets, but uneven growth continues around the world as confidence stabilizes or grows in many advanced economies and declines in many emerging markets.»

This is all good for understanding more regional / local impacts — for adaptation, for strengthening the science, and inspiring people to implement mitigation measures — but from an ecological citizen's view, all we need to know at a low level of confidence is that AGW will be causing some bad things or other to be happening somewhere or other, sometime or other, to people and other creatures to feel the heavy responsibility to mitigate here and now.

Measured growth rate changed an average of -0.27 % y - 1 (95 % confidence range: -0.05 % to -0.49 % y - 1), whereas the prediction for CO2 fertilization is 0.16 % y - 1 (corresponding to a à of 0.36).

I agree that success should be measured partly by the commitments made ahead of time (including bilateral agreements, e.g., US - China) and by the potential to foster a new framework that allows for an iterative process whereby nations take more aggressive steps as confidence builds that the burden of climate action is being shared and as public support for action builds.

«Not significantly» might mean some measure of statistical confidence, or might just be standard English for «not much», but in either case it supports the Warmer MWP, not «refutes» it.

Actually defining how many variables out of the total are within a certain range for each location measured would inspire confidence in the models.

However, it does get back to what Dr. Curry stated, it is the attribution where the difference of the accepted natural variability and the measured trend for that time period of 1998 compared with the pause starting around 1940, and the increase including endpoint problems (1998) being used to justify «increased confidence.»

«Given the need for offsets from fertilizer management to be fungible with offsets from landfill gas or any number of other sectors in which emissions can be directly measured with a high degree of accuracy, it is critical that methodologies for quantification of emissions from N2O result in high degree of certainty and confidence,» explains Dr. Timothy Pearson of Winrock, coauthor of the methodology with William Salas of Applied Geosolutions LLC.

But while the measures adopted here may have scant near - term impact on the warming of the planet, the international process for dealing with the issue got a significant vote of confidence.

For example, to assess confidence in model projections of the Australian climate, the metrics would need to include some measures of the quality of ENSO simulation because the Australian climate depends much on this variability (see Section 11.

While Justice Stinson agreed with the Master that lawyers should be permitted to share resources for economic reasons, ``... those arrangements must take into account the need to preserve public confidence in the administration of justice by implementing in advance measures that will protect client confidentiality...»

I also like that there is an admission that it is not a measure of weakness for lawyers to ask for help on matters of data security, as outlined at page 9: «Any lack of individual competence by a lawyer to evaluate and employ safeguards to protect client confidences may be addressed through association with another lawyer or expert, or by education.»

The case involved consideration of the bank's duties of confidence including the Tournier principles — where a bank can legally disclose information about its customers; it also considered the measure of damages for breach of duty where there is no loss

Though a measure of last resort, disqualification may sometimes be necessary to protect the integrity of the administration of justice when the extent of receiving counsel's knowledge is too great for confidence to be restored.

For good measure, Laws LJ added that, if wrong on this, he would have found for the claimant on her secondary claim of unjust enrichment by the trust and, although expressing no firm conclusion, seemed to give a favourable view to a possible third ground of breach of trust and confidence by the trust in assuring the claimant that the payment she was agreeing to had been lawfully determinFor good measure, Laws LJ added that, if wrong on this, he would have found for the claimant on her secondary claim of unjust enrichment by the trust and, although expressing no firm conclusion, seemed to give a favourable view to a possible third ground of breach of trust and confidence by the trust in assuring the claimant that the payment she was agreeing to had been lawfully determinfor the claimant on her secondary claim of unjust enrichment by the trust and, although expressing no firm conclusion, seemed to give a favourable view to a possible third ground of breach of trust and confidence by the trust in assuring the claimant that the payment she was agreeing to had been lawfully determined.

The goal was to turn my neighborhood into something of a test bed for measuring how the doorbell can be deployed to reduce crime (or at least give homeowners more confidence in their own home security).

Accredited instructors prepare practicum experiences — at hospitals, clinics and doctors» offices — which measure how well, and how quickly, you: 1) Continue to move «on your feet» for an 8 - to -10-hour shift, 2) Take direction from doctors and nurses, 3) Write and / or type in between ministering directly to patients, 4) Remain cheerful and project confidence while patients are upset and complaining, 5) Receive «correction» from your superiors with an open - to - learning attitude, 6) Refrain from gossiping about patients and medical professionals, 7) Become «rattled» when you can't recall a piece of information, or how to accomplish a certain procedure, 8) Refuse to ask questions — of the instructors or of the doctors / nurses — especially about matters that could negatively impact patients, 9) Complain when given, or offered, extra responsibilities.

For example, opposite - sex friends talk to each other about a greater variety of topics than same - sex female friends.2 Females who prefer opposite - sex friends feel that they are more caring, trustworthy, and supportive, but also provide more narcissistic benefits compared to same - sex friends (measured by items like, «My friend gives me undivided attention»).3 This could have implications for how people feel about themselves in terms of confidence and self - worFor example, opposite - sex friends talk to each other about a greater variety of topics than same - sex female friends.2 Females who prefer opposite - sex friends feel that they are more caring, trustworthy, and supportive, but also provide more narcissistic benefits compared to same - sex friends (measured by items like, «My friend gives me undivided attention»).3 This could have implications for how people feel about themselves in terms of confidence and self - worfor how people feel about themselves in terms of confidence and self - worth.

Social and emotional factors that were hypothesized to be related to aggressive behavioral outcomes were also assessed using the Language Independent Measure of Communicative Confidence (LIMCC), Meadow - Kendall Social - Emotional Assessment Inventory, Piers Harris Self - Concept Scale, Problem - Solving Measure for Conflict (PSM - C).